03 Sunday Nov 2013
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I bought four of these in the Kitchener/Waterloo area (I think) in August. I was dogsitting my grandbeagle over the long weekend yet managed to check out a few shops! I was hoping to identify them, but no luck so far. Perhaps I will post them on Facebook today.
The have been posted on my favourite Elegant and Everyday Glass, by someone else, but remain unidentified.
In any event they are very pretty. A nice dainty etch with flowers, ribbon and swag. Look like open champagnes.
08 Saturday Dec 2012
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I bought these four stems awhile back in Waterloo I think. I knew I’d come across the etch at some point and thought I’d figure it out some day. Finally got my act together.
As it turns out, these beautiful plate-etched sherry or cordial glasses were produced by the Maryland Glass Company, of Cumberland, Maryland in the 1930s. They could be used for any ‘sipping’ beverage.
The glasses are a dainty 5 1/8 inches tall, with an opening of 1 7/8 inches.
The pattern consists of ribbon in a bow, flowers and a swag. There is a narrow optic which gives the glasses a reflective quality. Note the beautiful shape of the bowl.
I’ve read that Tiffin also produced this etch, but that the shape of the blank they used was different – the stem was straight.