Skip to content

Vases from Bohemia

My collection

Hyacinth and Bulb Vases from Bohemia

Hyacinth vases with floral and fruit applications, attributed to Kralik, Bohemia. Many of such vases are called hyacinth vases but are because of the shape not really suitable for forcing hyacinths, These however are suitable.

[click image to enlarge]

A survey of many ‘belly shaped’ hyacinth vases, most of them made in Bohemia (now the Czech republic for the greater part) for the British market. Many of them are in opaline glass with enamel decorations.

[click image to enlarge]

Vases with Mary Gregory designs. The left and right ones are not a matching pair. The two in the centre have similar but not identical painting.

[click image to enlarge]

Detail of the pink vase of the previous picture with Mary Gregory design.

[click image to enlarge]

A matching pair of opaline vases with Mary Gregory enamel painting.

[click image to enlarge]

Detail of the blue vase of the previous picture with Mary Gregory design.

[click image to enlarge]

Beautiful Bohemian hyacinth vases. The one in the centre has its ruby colour flashed onto the clear glass body. The ones on the left and right are cut to clear in different patterns.

[click image to enlarge]

Three different Bohemian orange/brown hyacinth vases.

[click image to enlarge]

A rare Bohemian hyacinth vase with a carved image of a running deer on one side (picture left) and flying pigeon (picture right) on the other side.

[click image to enlarge]

unique hyacinth (bulb vases) and handmade oil paintings

Collection for Sale

The unique collection of hyacinth vases (bulb vases) belonging to Wim Granneman is for sale, as well as his handmade collection oil paintings, inspired by the vibrant flower bulb fields of the Bulb District (Bollenstreek) in Holland. The vase collection includes many more than shown on this website and is available either per piece or in sets, for instance by country of origin. Parts of the vase collection and oil paitings have been exhibited in various museums.

Interested? Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.