THE STATE OF RESEARCH INTO ANTIQUE GLASS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abstract

After many years' work gathering archaeological material, systematic research, and acquisitions by purchase, gift etc., Bosnia and Herzegovina now has a considerable quantity of intact or f ragmentary examples of antique glass. The antiquities collection of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina houses the greatest number of antique glass artefacts - more than 450 intact or fragmentary glass artefacts of various types and dates originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reference works dealing with antique glass fali into three chronological stages: the AustroHungarian period in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1918), the period between the two world wars, and the post-World War II period.