The second part – Solid foundations (the first half of the 19th century)
The Riedels are undoubtedly one of the most significant glass-making families of Czech origin. From humble beginnings they managed to build an empire over three generations that dominated the production of glass and jewellery in the Jizera Mountains region, which was one of the most important glass-making enclaves of the world. The story of the Riedels continued even after 1945, when all their property had been confiscated and nationalized. After difficult beginnings, they had found a new home in Kufstein, Austria, and again ranked among famous glass-making businessmen, although they began to focus mainly on hand made beverage glass instead of production of jewellery and decorative or technical glass.

The first part – The rise (18th century)
The Riedels are undoubtedly one of the most significant glass-making families of Czech origin. From humble beginnings they managed to build an empire over three generations that dominated the production of glass and jewellery in the Jizera Mountains region, which was one of the most important glass-making enclaves of the world. The story of the Riedels continued even after 1945, when all their property had been confiscated and nationalized. After difficult beginnings, they had found a new home in Kufstein, Austria, and again ranked among famous glass-making businessmen, although they began to focus mainly on hand made beverage glass instead of production of jewellery and decorative or technical glass.

The fifth and final part – From a trade with Turnov stones to a hereditary knighthood
In the 16th century, the Wanders developed among the most important glassmaking families of the Renaissance Bohemia. The fates of the offspring of this family branch show a remarkable journey leading from glassmaking masters and glass painters of the 16th and 17th century to high posts in the government of the Habsburg monarchy in the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. The final fifth part is devoted to various activities of members of the family from the early 18th to the end of the 19th century.

The fourth part – The Wanders in the village Huť
In the 16th century, the Wanders developed among the most important glassmaking families of the Renaissance Bohemia. The fates of the offspring of this family branch show a remarkable journey leading from glassmaking masters and glass painters of the 16th and 17th century to high posts in the government of the Habsburg monarchy in the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. The fourth part is dedicated to an activity of members of the family in Huť in Jizera Mountains region since the second half of the 17th century to the mid-18th century.

The third part – The Wanders in Bischofgrün and Bedřichov
In the 16th century, the Wanders developed among the most important glassmaking families of the Renaissance Bohemia. The fates of the offspring of this family branch show a remarkable journey leading from glassmaking masters and glass painters of the 16th and 17th century to high posts in the government of the Habsburg monarchy in the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. The third part is dedicated to an activity of family members in German Bischofsgrün and Bedřichov in Jizera Mountains region from the late 16th until the eighties of the 19th century.

In the 16th century, the Wanders developed among the most important glassmaking families of the Renaissance Bohemia. The fates of the offspring of this family branch show a remarkable journey leading from glassmaking masters and glass painters of the 16th and 17th century through glass jewellery traders to high posts in the government of the Habsburg monarchy in the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century.

For more than thirty years, the personality of Jaroslav Bejvl has been a combination of two seemingly incompatible disciplines, both of very high artistic and craft level – design of lightings and medal making. But they are really only seemingly incompatible. Indeed, neither a lighting designer nor a medal maker can do without a sense of detail and monumentality, they must be able to work with stories, to press them into well-defined sizes and they certainly can not lack the empathy towards clients.

The twelfth and final volume: Disappearing (from 90s of the 20th century to the present). In the field of domestic and decorative pressed glass, Czech and Moravian manufacturers had never been among the major world players who could match the USA, Germany or France. A different situation is in the case of luxury pressed glass, for which Jablonec inventive exporters started to use the name „art crystalware“ in the first half of the 20th century. The first word refers to the design excellence, the second to the word crystal, which has reliable effect to customers in conjunction with Czech glass till this time. What is it art crystalware then? By who, how and for whom it has been manufactured? This series will seek answers to these and many other questions.

Volume eleven: New and old face of art crystalware (1958 – 1989). In the field of domestic and decorative pressed glass, Czech and Moravian manufacturers had never been among the major world players who could match the USA, Germany or France. A different situation is in the case of luxury pressed glass, for which Jablonec inventive exporters started to use the name „art crystalware“ in the first half of the 20th century. The first word refers to the design excellence, the second to the word crystal, which has reliable effect to customers in conjunction with Czech glass till this time. What is it art crystalware then? By who, how and for whom it has been manufactured? This series will seek answers to these and many other questions.

Volume ten: Old designs, new owners (1945 – 1955). In the field of domestic and decorative pressed glass, Czech and Moravian manufacturers had never been among the major world players who could match the USA, Germany or France. A different situation is in the case of luxury pressed glass, for which Jablonec inventive exporters started to use the name „art crystalware“ in the first half of the 20th century. The first word refers to the design excellence, the second to the word crystal, which has reliable effect to customers in conjunction with Czech glass till this time. What is it art crystalware then? By who, how and for whom it has been manufactured? This series will seek answers to these and many other questions.