Art & Craft shopping in Czech Republic
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Qubus
This small design studio looks more impressive online than in the flesh, but Qubus – run by leading Czech designers Maxim Velčoský and Jakon Berdych – is worth a visit if you’re interested in cutting-edge household accessories ranging from ‘liquid lights’ (lamps in the form of tear drops) to crystal wine glasses in the shape of disposable plastic cups. Whatever floats your avant-garde boat…
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Manufaktura
There are several Manufaktura outlets across town, but this small branch right near Charles Bridge seems to keep its trim inventory especially enticing. You'll find great Czech wooden toys, beautiful-looking (if extremely chewy) honey gingerbread made from elaborate medieval moulds, and seasonal gifts like charming hand-painted Easter eggs. The branch up the hill at Nerudova 31 specialises in cosmetics.
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Material
Material puts a modern twist on the Czech crystal industry, with its oversized contemporary vases, bowls and Dale Chihuly-like ornaments, candleholders, chandeliers and glasses. The firm boasts its 'drunken sailor' glass is spill-proof. Yet, despite well-spaced displays, it's a store where you immediately fear breaking something - and when you check the prices you realise you should!
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Kubista
Appropriately located in the Museum of Czech Cubism in Prague’s finest Cubist building, this shop specialises in limited-edition reproductions of distinctive Cubist furniture and ceramics, and designs by masters of the form such as Josef Gočár and Pavel Janák. It also has a few original pieces for serious collectors with serious cash to spend.
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Moser glasswork shop
The Moser company opened its first shop in Karlovy Vary in 1857 and by 1893 had established a glassworks in the town. Less than a decade later Moser became the official supplier to the Imperial Court of Franz Josef I, who obviously put in a good word with his friend, King Edward VII, as Moser also became the official supplier of glass to British royalty in 1907.
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Dům Porcelánu
The House of Porcelain is a kind of factory outlet for the best Czech porcelain makers, including Haas & Czjzek and Thun, both based in western Bohemia. The flatware, china, blue onion pattern porcelain and other items are priced to draw in local buyers – not tourists. Prices here are a fraction what they are downtown for similar items.
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Keramika V Ungeltu
This little shop in a corner of the Týn Courtyard is a good place to look for both traditional Bohemian pottery and modern blue-and-white wares, as well as wooden toys and marionettes, at prices up to 25% lower than at many other outlets in Staré Město.
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Galerie České Plastiky
This commercial gallery is a treasure house of 19th- and 20th-century and contemporary Czech sculpture, paintings, prints and photography. There are regular themed exhibitions, and all items are for sale, at prices ranging from 2000Kč to 2 million Kč.
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Milan Mottl
For more contemporary glassworks head to Milan Mottl. This innovative company was established in 1993 and specialises in handcrafted leadless crystal. There are many other excellent shops on Tržiště worth getting lost in.
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Tupesy Lidová Keramika
Tupesy Lidová Keramika stocks a good selection of folk ceramics in traditional blue, green and yellow patterns that come from the Slovácko region of Moravia and the Chodsko region of Bohemia.
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