Lauenstein Glas

Lauenstein Glass was produced between 1701 and 1887 in the mountain town of Osterwald near Hameln, which used to belong to the Lauenstein administration. It is remarkable that the Lauenstein fine-glassworks, which was put into operation by private companies in 1701, used mineral coal to fire its furnaces, as it wasn’t yet being used east of the Rhine.



Between 1768 and 1827, the glassworks became part of the state council (Hannover province).



Thick goblets with bell-feet, air-bubble decorations, incisions and polishing have made the glassworks famous beyond the state boundaries. The so-called "Hessisch Goblet", a pearl goblet pierced with air-bubbles in a thick bottom (see picture) is particularly well-known.

When in 1837 the operator Hampel withdrew the quality of the products decreased - Lauenstein Glass lost its distinctiveness. The product range contained cheap green glass for bottles and cheap glassware produced by other glassworks. The glassworks shut down in 1887 due to the lack of orders.