Topic: Celery Vase with Grape/Leaf ? or something else....

[petet63]

Celery Vase with Grape/Leaf ?  or something else.... but not "my new wine glass  " from my OH. It is 20.5cm in height. It has Grape and Leaf or could it be Hops I thought it was a celery until I saw the etching/cutting. It has a really good ring to it. Is it a Celery ? any ideas ??

[Lustrousstone]

It could be a grape rinser

[petet63]

Just from looking at grapes and hops it seems  more likely to be hops just from the leaf shape. Not sure how this revelation helps though  Im no botanist mind you  . Will take a look at rinsers, I have heard of them but not had one in my hand yet. Thanks lustrousstone.
 Adding...after seeing only part of the glass '18th Century' thread you commented on lustrousstone I am not sure about the hop thing now !

[Paul S.]

grape rinsers seem to be vastly less common than celery vases  -  the latter it seems were made in prodigous quantities, judging by the fact that you see them everywhere.           Shape wise they are more or less interchangeable though.
When you see wheel engraving of hops on drinking glasses, the images appear botanically quite accurate, usually, and although I always thought that hop leaves had three segments, it seems that there are different sorts, apparently.

This bunch do look like grapes  -  but that rim look unusual to me  -  I think the artist was just having a good day, and through everything in.

[petet63]

I have always thought that rims cut like this are not for drinking out of, not a fact just a thought  , Confusion still with hop/grape thing and my eyes say bunch of grapes as well.  Image searches show a few varieties of both. That still leaves, no pun intended, me with what do I call this ?? Rinser ? Celery ? Crystal Goblet as my OH prefers  ?
  I see Celery vases everywhere up here too, not being a lover of celery, I genuinely cant stand the stuff, its always amazed me how much people used to eat it and stick it in vases like flowers

[Paul S.]

Apparently, celery is excellent for vitamin C and fibre  -  also, it seems, a very good source of folic acid, potassium, and vitamins B1 and B6.........           so we should all eat more of the stuff.             We forget that there was a time in living memory when men had allotments and people grew produce in their gardens  -  now vegetable gardening seems to have withered, and everything, including meat, is 'grown' in the supermarket, and we consume processed everything.

Your OH obviously has big ideas when it comes to plonk   -  but it's never a drinking vessel, and I suspect Lustrousstone was correct with the suggestion of grape rinser  -  although equally good for holding celery.

Is the rim really cut?  -  I'd assumed it was moulded.

[petet63]

My Dad was Hungarian and we grew all our veg in an Allotment, in black and white according to my son when he was 7 lol, and raised rabbits, chickens, duck and Goose and we were well fed  My Mam baked when as it was much cheaper to do than buy  from the shop. I dont think many would do that nowadays. Even now if you go to allotments the guys down there will gladly give you excess veg. As you said Paul, food grows in supermarkets and a lot of people close their eyes to the truth of how and where 

   Still wont eat Celery !! Or Brussell Sprouts !! not even at Xmas 

Thanks Paul, Lustrousstone

[Lustrousstone]

Love celery, hate sprouts. 2013 was sprout-free; I didn't even have my one token sprout.

[petet63]

  every year I got a token sprout too with the words, just try it you might like it, this year I said " I am a 50 year old man ...I don't eat b[@@dĽ sprouts !! End of an era 
    The rim has been hand cut. It is too uneven to be machined as is the body. It is lead glass/crystal. Beautiful ring to it. It is not high quality work.

[KevinH]

Careful folks ... any more comments about pros and cons of foodstuffs may cause the moderators to think the thread is getting well off topic!