Topic: Holmegaard Canada.... or not?

[Anne]

Hi Nic, pic is still there: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4776 (are you seeing it now, or is GG being silly?) There's another (even worse!) pic here:    http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-215 or I can email it to you if you can't see it.)

I had a thought about these as well over the weekend, as I was ambling through Debenhams in Barrow and noticed that they have a very similar range with the encased bubble and the same stem, the boxes were marked Made in Belgium.

Does that tie in with your thoughts or are you thinking of something else?

[Max]

I'm wondering if Anne's glasses might be Krosno.  THey do a bubble in the base range, I've had a shuftee over the Net and found these:

http://www.amazon.com/Verona-12-Piece-Glasses-Set/dp/B000G78VU8

Not the same, but I think it's a possibility?

[Ivo]

Be aware that Kosta made a very similar pattern; we use them for wine and they are wonderful. They have a small bublble in the stem and the bottom is polished flat.
Then there are the Krosno imitations but the bubble is open to the underside; the glass is heavy.
And thirdly, Floris Meijdam made very similar glasses to accompany various Leerdam decanter sets. These would be quite thick and well made - and never turn up in sets of more than 2.

[Max]

Thanks Ivo, funny...I thought the Krosno bubbles were open at the bottom, then I found the ones above...now when I click that link they're not even called Krosno!  Sorry Anne. 

[Pinkspoons]

Picture's working now.

They're far from the ones I was thinking of. Oops. Luckily I learned long ago not to trust my memory. 

For some reason I thought of your glasses when I saw this: Auction - even though there's only the loosest of resemblances.

[Ivo]

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4933

These are the Rondo glasses from Kosta Boda.
Not quite sure who made these first but they may have been widely copied - the other day I found Holmegaard Princess lookalikes, designed by Claude Laurent for Boussu, Belgium in 1967!

[Pip]

... the other day I found Holmegaard Princess lookalikes, designed by Claude Laurent for Boussu, Belgium in 1967!

Gosh!  Did you buy them Ivo and how did you know they were Boussu and not Holmegaard - are they marked - I'd be interested to see them if you have a picture?

[Anne]

Thanks all, it's a process of elimination this!
Nic I can see why you thought that, thanks for flagging them up.

Max, thanks. I did look at the Krosno ones a while ago and they do have an opening to the bubble. Mine are completely encased. Flat bottomed. The closest match I've seen so far is the ones from Debenhams...  I can't find the goblets but they have sundaes which are very very similar (and tumblers and hi-balls to match)... these are the ones made in Belgium.

[Ivo]

Did you buy them Ivo and how did you know they were Boussu and not Holmegaard - are they marked - I'd be interested to see them if you have a picture?

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4947
from the 1985 Gemeentekrediet exhibition : "Glaskunst in Wallonië van 1802 tot heden" - in one of those rare to find catalogues.
I did not buy them because they were obviously not quite the Princess quality, and the seller thought he had the real thing, so was asking real prices. Also, if there had been a set  might have been tempted - but there were 3 of one size and 2 of the other.

[Pip]

Cheers for that Ivo - I'll keep my eyes open for these, it'd be good to handle them so I can compare them with the Holmegaard Princess range.

I seem to come across a lot of Princess glasses in my area - I've had a boxed set of six wine glasses, six red wine glasses (both sets sold) and now I've currently got a set of six champagne bowls - all bought extremely cheaply from car boot sales or charity shops.  I suspect that they may have been sold new originally by a big dept store in Kingston (up the road) which had a very large crystal and porcelain dept.