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Hand-crafted perfume bottles from small Czech workshop draw on hundred-year old tradition

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 10:50 a.m.

At the beginning of the 20th century, glass and especially glass perfume bottles made by small local craftsmen in Josefuv Důl in the Jizera Mountains, generated a lot of interest, selling not only in the fashion capitals of Europe but overseas as well. Most of these small workshops disappeared over time, but the glassmaking tradition in the Jizera Mountains is still alive and individual workshops still produce exclusive products.