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Vintage Mid-Century Cut Crystal Stemware Suite — Grape & Vine, 42 Pieces, Six Shapes

No. 317221

Vintage Mid-Century Cut Crystal Stemware Suite — Grape & Vine, 42 Pieces, Six Shapes

Vintage Mid-Century Cut Crystal Stemware Suite. Item No. 317221. Circa c. 1950s–early 1960s. Size: 3.75” to 7.5” tall — see the list above. Weight: 12 lbs for all 42. Condition: Excellent — no chips, no flea bites, no cracks on any of the 42. Remarkable for glass this thin at this age. Available now for $295, in person at Booth #99, Bliss Market, 390 Roseville Square, Roseville CA, or online through Bliss Market.

$295

Available now

Order online and Bliss Market professionally packs and ships it — same day on orders in by 6pm PT, next day after that — or holds it for you to collect at the booth. Message me before you head over and I'll confirm it's still on the shelf.

A complete suite of cut crystal stemware in a single grape-and-vine pattern — 42 pieces across six shapes, enough to set a full table and stock a bar from the same service.

Wheel-cut grape clusters, pointed leaves and curling tendrils ring every bowl above vertical optic panels. The stems carry a faceted bulb knop above a slender hexagonal shaft, finished with a plain polished foot.

The cutting is done on a wheel and left unpolished — "gray cut" — which is what gives the grapes their soft frosted surface and a depth you can feel with a fingertip. The optic panels throw light the way pressed glass never does.

The shape list is what dates it: a service carrying a low cocktail, a tall sherbet, a claret and a footed iced tea belongs to the formal American table of the 1950s, before the coupe gave way to the flute and the shape count shrank.

A note on the maker, because it matters: there is no mark on any of the 42 pieces — the feet are plain polished pontils with no acid stamp. That is normal for cut stemware of this period. The cutting was done to order on bought-in blanks, and the maker's name lived on a foil label that washed off in the first sink of dishwater. So this is offered as unmarked American cut crystal and nothing more.

11 water goblets — 7.5” x 3.25” (3 lb 13 oz)

9 footed iced teas — 5.5” x 3.25” (3 lb 3 oz)

8 short cocktail glasses — 3.75” x 3.25” (1 lb 13 oz)

7 wine goblets — 6.25” x 2.75” (1 lb 9 oz)

5 small champagne coupes — 5.25” x 3” (14 oz)

2 large champagne coupes — 5.75” x 3.75” (8 oz)

  • Circac. 1950s–early 1960s — read from the cutting style, the stem form and the shape list, not from a dated mark
  • OriginAmerican, unmarked
  • MaterialWheel-cut (gray cut) clear crystal, panel optic
  • Size3.75” to 7.5” tall — see the list above
  • Weight12 lbs for all 42
  • ConditionExcellent — no chips, no flea bites, no cracks on any of the 42. Remarkable for glass this thin at this age.

See it in person

Booth #99 · Bliss Market

390 Roseville Square, Roseville CA

Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm