At the turn of the 16th and 17th century, Bohemia, a small country in the heart of Europe, became the world center of the production of crystal glass. This type of glass, named Bohemian Crystal, represented the world’s top quality among crystal glass. Preciosa Crystal is high quality glass from the purest raw materials with the high content of lead that endows it with unique optical properties. Perfect cutting stresses the ability to diffract light into sparkling ray of light of rainbow spectrum. Preciosa, as one of few producers in the world, possesses the equipment for melting of the purest lead crystal.