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Offline ditzen pieces

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decanter and glasses id help please
« on: November 16, 2009, 10:06:54 PM »
this is a lovely set in original hand painted box but no identity mark any where it has the most amazin stopper and the twist is wonderful in the stems any help with identification would be wonderful
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Re: decanter and glasses id help please
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2009, 07:20:23 AM »
I would guess at Italian, possibly from the Empoli region. Glasses of that form are very common in the UK, but I have never seen a complete set or a matching decanter. Can we see the box itself please. Well done  :hiclp: :hiclp:

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Re: decanter and glasses id help please
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2009, 07:42:01 AM »
hi Lustrous
 thankyou for your reply. Have taken pics of the box for your perusal. so this would be from the seventys era or earlier
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Re: decanter and glasses id help please
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2009, 12:55:56 PM »
Looks about right datewise, but I think rather than being hand painted, it's a print of a handpainted deisgn

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