Thursday, October 11, 2007

Grammie's Crystal Glassware


I posted a while ago about my Grandmother's china that will be passed on to Alyzabeth. I found some odd pieces on eBay to add to the set.

My Grandmother also had three sizes of a clear crystal etched glasses (champagne, water goblet and tall tumbler) to go with the fancy china. I recently found out the pattern name and found some on eBay which I immediately bid on with a vengeance!

I won the auctions and now have 9 more glasses to add for Lizzy. The pattern is named "Princess" which I would have never guessed since the etched pattern is of thistle flowers (or possibly poppies). It is very fine glassware with optic glass panels on the "blank", then etched with a pretty repeating flower pattern. The champagne glasses are actually two different sizes, one being a larger "saucer/bowl". Now to find an old catalog or advertisement to find out all the available pieces.......

7 comments:

4D said...

Special mementos. Good for you for finding more to add to the collection.

Keep smilin!

Kim said...

Very pretty...
That will be near and dear to Alyzabeth's heart..
Kim

Anonymous said...

Those are beautiful!!! What a treasure to be able to pass down to your daughter

rubyiscoming said...

gorgeous - mmmmm, I would use them for dessert presentations, too - i love family heirlooms :)

Unknown said...

these are just beautiful

redmaryjanes said...

I love china and crystal. Those glasses are beautiful.

Dawn said...

What beautiful and intricately designed stemware! I'll be passing on my Grandma's China to Courtney Mei too.