Topic: Set of mold blown "bubble" goblets w/ etched boat on base. Identify?

[Frank]

Is the inside smooth or flowing with protrusions?

[glassobsessed]

Barges are usually flat bottomed and are designed for inland waterways - canals, rivers, etc. They might be used at sea, inshore and in calm conditions only but barges are not ocean going vessels.

John

[dorian_graye]

The inside of the glass is not smooth.  The liquid would fill the bubbles in the glass.

[Frank]

I guess they are machine made so fair chance labelled examples will show up somewhere. Probably 80s/90s or later to present day. I would expect that they were decorated with the boat by a company selling corporate giftware. As many of these companies will have on-line catalogues of their blanks it is worth searching using corporate giftware glassware and variations on the theme. High likelihood of finding same in more than one catalogue and more than one country but if you can find them they might tell you where they were made. A lot of these also show some of the logos that have been etched/blasted/printed onto glass and you may even find the boat... There will be a lot of hits but many can be ignored as you get a feel for how the present themselves.

Replacements com or similar services might be another route to finding the maker.

[dorian_graye]

That is some good advice.  Thank you very much!


Michael