A suite of J & L Lobmeyr drinking glasses, no.97
circa 1870
of vertical faceted panel form with cut ridged decoration,
comprising ten small wine or port glasses, 14.5cm high; eight wine glasses, 15cm high; eight short-stemmed water glasses, 12cm high; thirteen short-stemmed glasses, 16cm high; a decanter and stopper and two decanters without stoppers, 24cm high; two further decanters without stoppers, 16.5cm high and a water jug, 26cm high (46 pieces, including stopper)

*Believed to have been acquired as a gift by the vendor's grandparents at the time of their marriage in Vienna in 1902. Sold together with a copy of an original purchase receipt illustrating the pattern, 'Trink-Service No. 97' and the company logo.

Condition Report

Three small wine/port with reduced rims. 1 wine with reduced foot and rim. 2 further wines with reduced feet.

Three short-stemmed glasses with reduced rims.

1 tall beer glass with reduced foot. 2 tall beer glass with medium size foot rim chips.

Small section of damage and repair to lower section of the smallest carafe.

1 small beer/water glass with reduced foot, another three with reduced rims.

Some tiny nibbles to the lower section of the decanters with stopper and carafes/decanters without stoppers, otherwise good. There is also some slight mossing around the neck area.

The water jug has some small nibbles around lower body.

Elsewhere, a couple of pieces with tiny nibbles and signs of use commensurate with age.

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