Topic: ID Help please - Crystal Service with GREY stem and HORIZONTAL GROOVES

[Jay]

Dear friends,

Can somebody help with identifying this pattern.
We've found quite a few examples in Holland, and it seems to have been widely sold, but it probably is NOT Dutch?!

Any suggestions about the manufacturer (probably UK, Germany, Belgium, Czechoslovakia) ??

[Anne]

Hi Jay, I have a dozen or so drinking glasses with this sort of stem but not one of them gives any clue of where they were made.  They are harlequin sets though - all different coloured stems with clear bowls like yours. The first six I found are here: http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-75 - you can see the same ridges/grooves on the stems. My feeling was probably Czechoslovakia, or possibly Portugal - I seem to recall finding an old picture of Portuguese made glasses in a similar style but I now can't find / recall where it was!     Ivo might be able to add more as he's helped me with some of my funny sets like this before.

[Ivo]

sorry unable to help much - I'd think Boussu first but I assume you looked there - and Germany as a contender.