Topic: Thick stemmed wine glasses

[Catseye]

Hi there,
I am a bit of a novice as far as glass is concerned, so I wondered if
 someone can tell me anything about these glasses please?
I really love them but have no idea what age they are or where they were made.
Even I can tell, they are hand blown with bubbles trapped inside and make quite a statement.
What colour would the stem glass be called?

thanks for your help,
Kate

[Paul S.]

Hello Kate and welcome to the GMB

The probable irony is that people here can often tell you a lot about glasses that are 200 years old, but only rarely will they know much about mass produced pieces made within the last ten years  -  which is not really what you want to hear.

The stem colour may well have a manufacturers name, but unless we can discover that - which is unlikely, then you may have to invent your own.

I don't know if we can describe them as hand made  -  often with modern inexpensive glasses there is machinery involved somwhere along the line. 

Wine glasses of this style  -  often with ruby/red or some other striking colour for the stem, have been very common in very recent years, and these may well be imports from out side the U.K. - I doubt that they are much more than ten years old.

However, the main point is that you like them and you can enjoy them each time you have a drink - which should be the reason for buying modern glasses.
You may get lucky and someone may recognize them, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

Now......if you have any glasses that are 200 years old, we can tell you a lot more............

[Catseye]

  Thanks Paul,

very kind of you to reply.
I do still like them, although might like them all the more if they were 200 years old.
But I would be too afraid to use them then!

I thought perhaps they might be 50s or 60s, or even 70s as they have not been mould made.
Obviously I have a lot to learn!

best wishes
Kate

[Paul S.]

quote................"But I would be too afraid to use them then!".................I share your sentiments, although we do have people here who use their very valuable and very old glasses, frequently

Off hand I can't recall what '60's and '70's wine glasses look like  -  maybe that was the plain and delicate period  -  I do know that Dartington was very popular in the '70's, and they were mostly quite thin and unornamented.