Topic: Small, elegant glasses (5), raised pontil, unknown maker

[Beege]

Hallo all.
I have a set of five glasses which are very delicate (fine glass and therefore light). Height 4, rim diameter 3".
The pontil seems to be smooth and raised a little (rather than flat or rough).
Do any of you fine folk recognise the maker or perhaps identify their use (seem small for wine)?
Thank you for your help.
Jack

[flying free]

difficult to tell but I think Val St Lambert used that cutting style/design.

Could they be champagne glasses maybe?

m

[Anne Tique]

At VSL they call this delicate cutting 'dentelle' which translates as lacework. I'll see what I can find, I've not seen it before on a glass done like this, just the stem.

Just for the anecdote, in french we call these small glasses 'verre ŕ gouttes' … a glass for drops. It was, and still is used for stronger stuff such as liqueurs, drunk in small quantities, hence the expression still used today 'tu veux une goutte?' Fancy a drop?

[flying free]

ooh thank you for the information on the size and usage and name of cutting technique.  I love learning something new.  And the saying

I've also not seen that cutting on a bowl before, only it reminded me of the stems that were cut in that way.
It doesn't look quite as 'crisp' and neat as the stem cutting but that might be the photographs?

m

[Anne Tique]

Normally you'll find the stem 'dentellé' or a just small part in the overall decor on the glass but VSL wasn't the only one doing this.

I'm not sure about the crispness, if that is a word, too ... I thought my reading glasses were dirty, but no.

[Beege]

Hi 'm' and Anne. Thank you for your speedy contributions.
Liqueur glasses makes sense, considering their size.
With regards to the 'crispness', are you referring to how sharp the bowl decorations and edges to the stem are? They seem quite crisp to me, but I have little knowledge to make an informed judgement. I've tried to take better pictures in a different light, but its quite difficult to get a good focus.
Jack.

[flying free]

yes I was referring to the 'zipper' cutting on the bowl of the glass.

The stem isn't faceted is it?  I was presuming it was just a  round smooth elongated stem that hadn't been cut in long facets.

m

[Anne Tique]

Is that what it is called in English? Zipper cut? Just asking ...

[flying free]

ooh I don't know.  But that is what it reminds me of - hmm,need to go look that up now.

Crispness - yes I believe that is a word

[flying free]

I think that kind of design might be referred to as 'zipper' cut on American glass.  Perhaps that's where I got it from.
But I think that the VSL phrase  'dentellé' which you used to describe it should be the correct phrase if it is on VSL glass.
So please ignore my previous usage of the word zipper

m