Topic: Fruit glass/Bowl

[Gilead]

Hi
   Finaly in the box came these two bowl's glasses pressed with fruit on them Strawberry's apples and grapes fairly heavy for the size, opnly two though suppose ther should have been six? or at least four, any ideas where and whom, is the year maybe 50s
                                                                                                                                                    Steve

[Ivo]

contemporary ice coupes, I think from Bormioli Rocco (one of the largest glass producers in the world) but could be someone else like Pasabahce.

[Anne]

A couple of times recently Ivo has mentioned Pasabahce, which is a new name on me and possibly for others, so I went to look for them and they are a large Turkish glassmaking concern. Their website is here (in English) http://www.pasabahce.com/en/index.asp (they also have a Turkish version.)  Note it's an entirely Flash-driven website so without Flash all you will see is a red background!   Usefully, their current production catalogues are all downloadable in PDF format, so are a useful reference source for their output.

[Ivo]

i might add they are the largest production facility within the Zwiesel group; one of the megaproducers of household glass in Europe.

The top three:
ARC of Arques, France (Arcoroc, Arcopal, Arcuisine, Durand & others)
Bormioli Rocco of Parma, Italy (Various brands including Duralex)
Zwiesel, of Zwiesel, Germany (including Pasabahce)