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53. I have an incomplete set

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:38 AM

Jul 2025

of stemware that my great aunts bought when they "descended upon" (my aunt's words - who inherited them and then gifted them to me) Europe after WWI. They have black stems with an open diamond near the top and relatively plain clear glass (I think crystal) bases and goblets with no markings that I can find. I'd love to know more about them but I'd have to find an expert in post-WWI/pre-Great Depression glassware

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