Cristalleries de Saint-Louis

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The record

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Name

Cristalleries de Saint-Louis

documented

Cristalleries de Saint-Louis forme internationale

BNF-SAINTLOUIS · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Kind

glassmaker

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the grouping on /houses: what the firm was chiefly known for in the sources read

confidence B

Founded

1586 (year)

documented

Born in 1586, the Müntzthal glassworks become « Verrerie royale » (Royal Glassworks) in 1767

SAINTLOUIS-1586 · Saint-Louis · read 2026-10-08
AIC-1 · Art Institute of Chicago public API, artwork records read 2026-09-30 · read 2026-09-30

born as the Müntzthal glassworks; royal glassworks from 1767

confidence A

Founders

not on record

Places

• Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, Moselle (works)
  documented

  Mouthblown and Hand-cut since 1586 in Saint-Louis-les-Bitche in Moselle.

  SAINTLOUIS-1586 · Saint-Louis · read 2026-10-08

  confidence B

Documented work

• Perfume bottle · a perfume bottle, about 1845–60, at the Art Institute of Chicago
  documented

  Saint-Louis Glassworks (Cristalleries de Saint-Louis)

  AIC-1 · Art Institute of Chicago public API, artwork records read 2026-09-30 · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

What it became

• became the royal glassworks (1767)
  documented

  become « Verrerie royale » (Royal Glassworks) in 1767

  SAINTLOUIS-1586 · Saint-Louis · read 2026-10-08
  PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation · read 2026-10-08
  LOC-SAINTLOUIS · Library of Congress · read 2026-10-08

  confidence A

• acquired by the Hermès group (1995)
  documented

  Saint-Louis has been part of the Hermès group since 1995

  SAINTLOUIS-1586 · Saint-Louis · read 2026-10-08

  confidence B

Today

part of the Hermès group, by its own account; an active company (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)

documented

Saint-Louis has been part of the Hermès group since 1995

SAINTLOUIS-1586 · Saint-Louis · read 2026-10-08
REG-SAINTLOUIS · Insee and DINUM · read 2026-10-08

confidence A

Wikidata

Q494137

documented

"qid": "Q494137"

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Saint-Louis Glasshouse)

confidence A

Where the sources disagree

• The founding: 1586 for the glassworks of Müntzthal (the firm and the Art Institute of Chicago); 1767 for the royal glassworks (the BnF, the Library of Congress record and the firm’s notice of 1925). (SAINTLOUIS-1586, BNF-SAINTLOUIS, LOC-SAINTLOUIS, PFAP-1925)

Sources

1. AIC-1 · Art Institute of Chicago public API, artwork records read 2026-09-30. api.artic.edu/docs/ · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 (the data; the description field, CC BY 4.0, is not used)
2. BNF-SAINTLOUIS · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb12211833d: Cristalleries de Saint-Louis. catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12211833d · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
3. LOC-SAINTLOUIS · Library of Congress. Name Authority File n81135702: Cristalleries de Saint Louis. id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81135702 · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (Library of Congress authority record) (quoted, not reproduced)
4. PFAP-1925 · La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation. Paris: La Revue des marques de la parfumerie et de la savonnerie, 1925 (the houses’ own notices, with essays on the trade). Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de santé (Paris) copy, Internet Archive item BIUSante_pharma_res008536. archive.org/details/BIUSante_pharma_res008536 · read 2026-10-08 · Licence ouverte / Open licence Etalab (the rights statement of the BIU Santé digitisation, as the Internet Archive item states it)
5. REG-SAINTLOUIS · Insee and DINUM. The Sirene company register, read through the Annuaire des Entreprises API (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr): COMPAGNIE DES CRISTALLERIES DE SAINT LOUIS, SIREN 353438708. recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=35343… · read 2026-10-08 · Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab), as stated on the API page at data.gouv.fr
6. SAINTLOUIS-1586 · Saint-Louis. “Saint-Louis since 1586”, the company’s own account. www.saint-louis.com/en/saint-louis-since1586 · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (all rights reserved) (quoted, not reproduced)
7. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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this record as data: /data/house/saint-louis.json · version 1 · updated 2026-10-08 · confidence B