Topic: [PD] Very nice crystal wine glasses on ebay. Maker?

[Deb of Oz]

Hi All
Can anyone identify these glasses currently listed on ebay please? The bidding started a nanosecond after they listed.

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Given the ad will disappear, they are described as 188mm tall hock or wine glasses with a prism stem ending in a ball and foot. Very pretty.

ta muchly
Deb

Moderator: TinyURL removed as it was trying to bring a download instead of linking to wherever it was meant to go to.

[Deb of Oz]

Tiny url soesn't seem to work - should have tested before posting.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=230348570645
 there is the whole thing.

[jonchellycain]

ooohhhh ive got a set of 6 of these hock glasses, no markings or labels. The colouring of the crystal, quality and everything scream Waterford crystal to me. I would be very interested to see what these sell for and if anybody knows the maker
all the best
michelle

[Anne]

Michelle, do you have pics of yours that can be added to this topic please? Otherwise the topic, which was originally about a finished auction, will be marked for deletion as without pics it's not very useful.

[Paul S.]

sorry to but in..........hope you don't all mind, but in view of other chats on Waterford elsewhere........may I ask, is all Waterford marked, or like some other factories, is there a percentage of their production which is sold unmarked??

[jonchellycain]

Hi Paul,
I cant give you all the answers I am afraid but I can tell you with 100% certainty that not all Waterford is marked. I dont know the full details if its just seconds not maked, some seconds not maked, all seconds not marked. They may even do some first quality stuff and not mark.
I have a few pieces that I would assume to be second quality that have not been maked, wine glasses where the foot is quite obviously not round and a couple with marks inside the glass.
michelle

[Paul S.]

thanks Michelle ...........assume you know these unmarked pieces are Waterford, because they match the catalogue patterns I take it??     Sorry to ask an obvious question  -  it's just that you don't explain.

[jonchellycain]

sorry yes should have gone into that a bit more really shouldnt I.
I bought a set of 8 Lismore pattern wine glasses, 3 of which had no mark on Ive also had Sheila pattern which has not been marked again 100% sure they where Waterford.
I have also had some the Marquis range which is not signed, I had 2 christmas ornaments (children on a rocking sleigh (see link). The one on the right was marked Waterford Marquis, the one on the left no mark at all
michelle

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[Paul S.]

thanks Michelle.

[chopin-liszt]

Is the Waterford Marquis range not the one outsourced to Poland? It includes brightly coloured Studio style pieces as well as the cut stuff. They normally have a sticky label on -  a seahorse thing in gold on a green background.
I only know this, because there's a wee shop in Michael's home town which sells Waterford, and I did a bit of investigating of various Irish makes of cut crystal mushroom lamps - I needed one as a present.