Topic: 1920s Richardson wine glasses

[glassobsessed]

These glasses seem to have a bit of everything going on, perhaps just subtle enough not to be over the top. Etched mark on base and about 17cm tall.

John

[glassobsessed]

Base

[keith]

Those are very nice, good find John. 

[chopin-liszt]

  Do you have any feeling at all about whether these have been acid polished/
Could they possibly be rock crystal?

[glassobsessed]

Thanks Keith.

I expect the cut pattern was polished by acid dipping then the etched part of the pattern was added. No idea what would define something as 'rock crystal' cut, is it marketing fluff, a style or?

[chopin-liszt]

Rock crystal cut is acid polished after cutting to make the harsh lines softer.
There should be a long thread discussing it a while back. I'll dig for it.
ta-da 
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,36267.20.html

[glassobsessed]

That applies to most 20th century cut glass doesn't it?

[chopin-liszt]

I really don't know, but it would add expense and increase workload.

[glassobsessed]

Quicker and way cheaper than polishing every cut individually by hand.

[chopin-liszt]

true - but did/do they?
Your goblets look nice and soft, they are Richardson and the cutting is highly complex, it was those things in combination made me think they were likely to be a bit extra-special.