And despite its heft, crystal items are also usually thinner than cut glass, so be sure to keep an eye on the thickness. Also, crystal tends to have a brighter shine than cut glass.

Crystal does seem to run in everyone’s veins. Jan Stiller, a sales and marketing director at Preciosa, has worked at the company for 18 years; his father worked there for 40. Mr. Stiller and Eva ...

Monika showed us around, elucidating on Moser’s history and their celebrated creations. For over 155 years, Moser crystal glass has decorated royal palaces and celebrity homes throughout the world.

Ludwig Moser started decorating glass in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, in 1857. He bought glass vases and tableware from others because he was not granted the right to make his own glass until ...