Vari produttori - Drinking set (66) - Crystal

Set of 66 crystal glass sets 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. The brand is acid-etched on the underside of the base: the Italian manufacturer Rocco Bormioli. The Bormioli family began mastering the technical foundations of glassmaking around the year 1000, when in the Ligurian village of Altare they founded one of the most important glassmaking 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’ in Strada Farnese. Both entrepreneurs, Bormioli Rocco was founded in Parma in 1897 and died in 1974, Pier Luigi was born in Parma in 1929 and died in Milan in 1991. Rocco, nephew and namesake of the progenitor, led the family business and gave it a historical turn: traditional glassworking (handmade and blown) gradually converted to fully automated processes. Knight of labor, in the 1960s he essentially handed over to his son Pier Luigi, who took over as general manager in 1966 and then president in 1974, transforming the Bormioli group into one of the major players in the European glass industry. He was the first entrepreneur from Parma to employ staff with disabilities and some people discharged from the Colorno psychiatric hospital. Upon his death, the presidency of the group passed to the eldest son Rocco, who worked alongside his three brothers and three cousins Tirelli (sons of Giuseppina Bormioli, Pier Luigi’s sister). Photo 5 – 4 flute glasses, French producer Luminarc, collection millésimes. 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 the five 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/carved 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 stem 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, St Louis producer, Caton model. Description: Clear bowl with panel cut, stem in a doughnut, without finishes. 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: Cut-panel 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 height 10 x diameter 7.7 cm. Refined espresso set. Each cup is handmade in frosted glass, with an elegant and structured shape, enhanced by a delicate and translucent hue recalling the color palette characteristic of this set, produced in Turkey in the 1970s. Photo 26 – 2 port glasses height 11.4 x diameter 5.9 cm. 19th-century deceptive dram glasses in heavy colorless glass, mouth-blown and hand-finished. Toastmaster or innkeeper glasses used to prevent the toastmaster from getting drunk. They contain a lot of glass and little liquid. A measuring line on this type of glass is relatively rare. Features: Faceted in the lower cup with a pressed knot stem and a circular foot. Made in England, circa 1820. Georgian 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 in the cups and stem with a button. Photo 30 – wine glass height 12 x diameter 8.9 cm signed Daum, France, 1970s. Description: Clean cut bowl and foot, no finishes. Condition: Broken. Photo 31 – 3 port wine glasses height 11.3 x diameter 5.6 cm, mouth-blown crystal, gondola shape with Mirabeau Baccarat costae flat-grooved and baluster feet and double baluster. Being handmade and mouth-blown, sizes may vary slightly. French 19th-century glasses, circa 1880. Unmarked because produced before 1936. Photo 29 – 5 liqueur glasses height 7.4 x 6.3 cm produced in England in the 19th century (rare). Photo 35 – 5 small cordial glasses with long stems height 8.2 x diameter 4 cm. Evokes an era when aperitifs had different rituals. Vermouth and bitters neat, or with little ice, were the undisputed stars. Cocktails? Shorter than today, because ice was a luxury. Doses were smaller… perhaps to be enjoyed twice. Photo 37 – 4 liqueur glasses height 6.4 x diameter 6.2 cm produced in England in the 19th century (rare).