Vari produttori - Drinking set (66) - Crystal

Set of 66 crystal glasses from various brands consisting of: photo 3 – 6 fluted glasses, height 20 x 5 cm, and 4 flutes, height 23 x 5.3 cm, in transparent hand-cut crystal. Mark engraved acid-etch on the underside of the base of the Italian producer: Rocco Bormioli. The Bormioli family began to master the technical foundations of glassmaking around the year 1000, when, in the Ligurian village of Altare, it founded one of the most important maîtres glassmakers communities in Europe. The relationship between the Bormioli family, the art of glass, and the city of Parma began in 1854, when brothers Domenico, Rocco and Carlo Bormioli purchased the “Reale Fabbrica delle maioliche e dei vetri” on Strada Farnese. Both entrepreneurs, Bormioli Rocco was born in Parma in 1897 and died in 1974, Pier Luigi was born in Parma in 1929 and died in Milan in 1991. Rocco, grandson and namesake of the progenitor, leads the family business and gives it a historic turning point: traditional glassmaking (handmade and mouth-blown) is gradually converted to fully automated processes. Knight of labor, in the 1960s he effectively hands over to his son Pier Luigi, who took on the role of general manager in 1966 and then president in 1974, transforming the Bormioli group into one of the leading protagonists of the European glass industry. He is the first entrepreneur from Parma to hire staff with disabilities and some discharged from the Colorno psychiatric hospital. Upon his death, the presidency of the group passed to the eldest son Rocco, who works alongside the three brothers and the three Tirelli cousins (sons of Giuseppina Bormioli, Pier Luigi’s sister). Photo 5 – 4 flûte glasses, French producer Luminarc, Millesime collection. Founded in Arques in 1948, Luminarc is today one of the world’s leading tableware brands. It spreads its French style beyond borders in nearly 160 countries, with 400 million glass articles sold each year. Every day, Luminarc goes to conquer 5 continents to offer consumers products whose shapes, capacities, as well as colors and decorations correspond to local customs. Photo 7 – 4 water glasses height 15.9 x diameter 6.6 cm, Bohemian crystal from the 1980s, engraved/ cut with floral/geometric motifs. Photo 9 - 4 flûte glasses height 17.9 x diameter 6.7 cm, Mantegna model by Luigi Bormioli. Description: Transparent, simple foot in a V shape, textured. Condition: Broken. Current: 2001 – 2002. Photo 11 – 4 martini glasses, Luminarc producer, France, 1980s. Size: height 15.9 x diameter 9.5 cm. Photo 13 – flute glass, height 16.9 x diameter 5.9 cm, producer Saint-Louis, model Caton. Description: Transparent bowl with panel cut, stalk in cap, without refinements. Condition: Active. Current: 1877. Photo 14 – 2 champagne coupes produced in Empoli in the 1930s, Art Deco, height 11.5 x diameter 10.5 cm. Photo 16 – 2 long drink glasses height 15.1 x diameter 7 cm, Harcourt-Versailles (cut) model by Baccarat. Description: Panel-cut design on the bowl, multi-faceted foot. Condition: Active. Current: 1841. Unmarked. Photo 18 – 4 glasses with cobalt blue stem and incised decoration on the upper rim, height 12 x diameter 7.7 cm, Luminarc, France, 1980s. Photo 20 – 4 water glasses height 10 x 7.1 cm produced in Empoli in the 1980s. Photo 22 – 4 port wine glasses height 12.9 x diameter 5.6 cm, produced in Empoli in the 1980s. Description: Cross-cut design on the bowl. Condition: Broken. Photo 24 – 2 stemmed glasses. Refined espresso coffee set. Each cup is handmade in frosted glass, with an elegant and structured shape, enhanced by a delicate and translucent hue that recalls the color palette characterizing this set, produced in Turkey in the 1970s. Photo 26 – 2 port wine glasses height 11.4 x diameter 5.9 cm. 19th-century English heavy colorless glass port/ dram glasses blown by mouth and hand finished. Toastmaster or innkeeper glasses were used to prevent the toastmaster from getting drunk. They contain a lot of glass and very little liquid. A measurement line on this type of glass is relatively rare. Features: Faceted in the lower bowl with a pressed knot stem and a circular foot. Made in England, circa 1820. George IV period. Photo 28 – 5 port glasses height 10.7 x diameter 4.9 cm produced in France in the first decade of the 20th century. Engraved on the bowls and button-like stems. Photo 30 – wine glass height 12 x diameter 8.9 cm signed Daum, France 1970s. Description: Clean cut bowl and foot, without refinements. Condition: Broken. Photo 31 – 3 port wine glasses height 11.3 x diameter 5.6 cm, in mouth-blown crystal, gondola shape, Mirabeau Baccarat motif with flat, grooved ribs and baluster feet and double baluster. Being handmade and mouth-blown, dimensions may vary slightly. French 19th-century glasses, about 1880. Unmarked because produced before 1936. Photo 29 – 5 cordial glasses height 7.4 x 6.3 cm produced in England in the 19th century (rare). Photo 35 – 5 small liqueur glasses with long stems height 8.2 x diameter 4 cm. They recall an era when aperitifs had different rituals. Vermouth and bitters were smooth, or with little ice, and were the undisputed stars. Cocktails? Shorter than today, because ice was a luxury. Doses were smaller… perhaps to enjoy twice. Photo 37 – 4 liqueur glasses height 6.4 x diameter 6.2 cm produced in England in the 19th century (rare).