Set of six cut-to-clear (overlay) crystal glasses from Saint-Louis, in the Tommy pattern. Each glass has a different colour: lime green, emerald green, turquoise blue, cobalt blue, ruby red and fuchsia pink. The coloured layer is hand cut through to clear crystal in tall pointed leaf motifs, with a row of round cuts at the rim. Below it is a band of diamond-point cutting, and the glass stands on a faceted knop, a faceted stem and a star-cut foot.
Stamped under the foot.
Tommy was created by Saint-Louis in 1928 and has become one of its best-known models. The Tommy pattern was created in 1928. Saint-Louis was founded in 1586 in Lorraine and is the oldest glass manufacturer in France. It became the Royal Glassworks in 1767, and in 1781 it was the first in continental Europe to discover the formula for crystal.
Details:
Maker: Saint-Louis Manufacture, Lorraine, France
Model: Tommy, set of 6, one glass in each colour
Dimensions: H 19.6 cm x Ø 8.6 cm
Condition: Excellent
Offered by RDS Gallery, Paris. Worldwide shipping with specialist packaging.
Set of six cut-to-clear (overlay) crystal glasses from Saint-Louis, in the Tommy pattern. Each glass has a different colour: lime green, emerald green, turquoise blue, cobalt blue, ruby red and fuchsia pink. The coloured layer is hand cut through to clear crystal in tall pointed leaf motifs, with a row of round cuts at the rim. Below it is a band of diamond-point cutting, and the glass stands on a faceted knop, a faceted stem and a star-cut foot.
Stamped under the foot.
Tommy was created by Saint-Louis in 1928 and has become one of its best-known models. The Tommy pattern was created in 1928. Saint-Louis was founded in 1586 in Lorraine and is the oldest glass manufacturer in France. It became the Royal Glassworks in 1767, and in 1781 it was the first in continental Europe to discover the formula for crystal.
Details:
Maker: Saint-Louis Manufacture, Lorraine, France
Model: Tommy, set of 6, one glass in each colour
Dimensions: H 19.6 cm x Ø 8.6 cm
Condition: Excellent
Offered by RDS Gallery, Paris. Worldwide shipping with specialist packaging.
