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\"Tiffin<\/a>I picked up another goblet in the same line with a different etch.\u00a0 This is etch # – Touraine.\u00a0 I can’t find out why this pretty etch has this moniker, but the goblets are very stately.\"Tiffin<\/a><\/p>\n

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“The Touraine<\/b> (French pronunciation:\u00a0\u200b<\/small>[tu\u0281\u025bn]<\/a><\/span>) is one of the traditional provinces of France<\/a>. Its capital was Tours<\/a>. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, the Touraine was divided between the departments<\/a> of Indre-et-Loire<\/a>, Loir-et-Cher<\/a> and Indre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Touraine takes its name from a Celtic<\/a> tribe called the Turones<\/a>, who inhabited the region about two thousand years ago. In 1044, the control of Touraine was given to the Angevins<\/a>, who (as the House of Plantagenet<\/a>) became kings of England in 1154, the castle of Chinon<\/a> being their greatest stronghold. In 1205, Philip II Augustus of France regained Touraine. At this time, Touraine was made into a royal duchy<\/a>. In 1429, Saint Joan of Arc<\/a> had a historic meeting with the future King of France<\/a> Charles VII<\/a> at Chinon<\/a>. Throughout the late 15th and 16th centuries, Touraine was a favorite residence of French kings, and the dark and gloomy castles were converted to Renaissance ch\u00e2teaux; for this reason the region was titled “The Garden of France”. These same ch\u00e2teaux became popular tourist attractions in modern times. The royal duchy became a province in 1584, and was divided into departments in 1790.”<\/p>\n

Doesn’t explain the name of the etch, but is pretty interesting nonetheless!<\/p>\n

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May 21, 2105<\/p>\n

\"Tiffin<\/a>I am back from sunny Florida where I enjoyed trolling through many thrift and antique shops.\u00a0 I wasn’t able to carry back huge quantities of glass, as we were flying and I was too cheap to ship stuff, but I did find a few treasures.<\/p>\n

It was also exciting to run into a couple vendors who were very familiar with the pieces that I keep for my own collections.\u00a0 I had a great time chatting with them.\u00a0 I really do have the most patient travelling companion!<\/p>\n

I learned from a longtime (40 years) Heisey collector that she was still looking for a headlight and some other esoteric piece, that I have already forgotten.\u00a0 Headlights!!!!\u00a0 Who’d think.<\/p>\n

I was on the lookout for Cambridge rams head bowls in other colours to no avail.<\/p>\n

But …..I picked up 7 of these stems.\u00a0 I didn’t know what they were but I thought they were very pretty.\u00a0 Turns out that they were produced by Tiffin Glass in the 1930s.\u00a0 The stem is #17328.\u00a0 The etch is called “Cordelia” when created on coloured glass, but called “Florence” when produced on the crystal as it is here.\"Tiffin<\/a><\/p>\n