The Daily Happy Hour -- Starting TODAY!

[Dee*Jay]

Good afternoon Vietnam! Sauvignon Blanc in Da Nang.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

a rustic but pleasent three berries cider on a warm evening before tea
(tea is dinner)

 

[canuk-gal]

Good afternoon Vietnam! Sauvignon Blanc in Da Nang.

Well that's a big pour!!! You on your honeymoon???

 

[RunningwithScissors]

Good afternoon Vietnam! Sauvignon Blanc in Da Nang.

Looks lovely!

My husband happened to peek over my shoulder when I was looking at your beautiful pic, and he said that that is a much different Da Nang than he teaches about in his military history class, and that his father remembers from when he was drafted and had to fight there during the war even though he was just a mechanic at the time.

 

[minousbijoux]

Good afternoon Vietnam! Sauvignon Blanc in Da Nang.

Yes, please. I'll have what you're having!

 

[Matata]

My happy hour has evolved into happy afternoons.

 

[missy]

My fave

Limoncello



Cheers

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

OK @Dee*Jay where are you?

cheers--Sharon

 

[Dee*Jay]

HI:

OK @Dee*Jay where are you?

cheers--Sharon

Ha! Just back from a week in Big Sky (Montana). I've definitely got some cocktail pics from that trip. Let me find a few for you!

 

[canuk-gal]

Ha! Just back from a week in Big Sky (Montana). I've definitely got some cocktail pics from that trip. Let me find a few for you!

Great! I hate drinking alone!

 

[Ally T]

@Dee*Jay Last night we to a Valentines dinner in a restaurant that served my champagne in an antique coupe glass. I didn’t take a picture, but I immediately thought of you. I have never drunk from one before (live under a rock) & it was beautiful.

And so now I think I have a new hobby. I have wanted to collect something age appropriate for this old girl of a Vicarage ever since we moved in, but wasn’t sure what. I toyed with antique silver napkin holders, as they’re solid silver, engraved with initials & presented as gifts many moons ago, but we never really host dinner parties THAT fancy.

And so…. Antique champagne coupe glasses

Any tips of what I should look for? And do I go for the lonely orphan glasses, or try to find sets?

 

[empliau]

Sets are extremely expensive - I think varying styles, of the period, would be enchanting. Who wouldn't love an exquisite set? But a motley crew, each lovely in its own right, is such a charming idea to me.

Plus, when you use them just for you and your husband, you can rotate them. Variety is the spice of life.

My grandma had a collection that had a lot of glass, and each granddaughter was allowed to choose something from it at about 14. I didn't get to - family drama, not important - but I had already picked out a green tea set that I later learned was depression glass. Well, I recently learned that the green was made with uranium and the glass glows under black light. I'd definitely have used it so maybe I lucked out?

Anyway, I hate water under my rings, so I need a place to put them when I'm cleaning the kitchen. I found a piece of the the pattern that I would have gotten and it stands on my kitchen shelf as Official Ring Receptacle!

 

[Ally T]

Sets are extremely expensive - I think varying styles, of the period, would be enchanting. Who wouldn't love an exquisite set? But a motley crew, each lovely in its own right, is such a charming idea to me.

Plus, when you use them just for you and your husband, you can rotate them. Variety is the spice of life.

My grandma had a collection that had a lot of glass, and each granddaughter was allowed to choose something from it at about 14. I didn't get to - family drama, not important - but I had already picked out a green tea set that I later learned was depression glass. Well, I recently learned that the green was made with uranium and the glass glows under black light. I'd definitely have used it so maybe I lucked out?

Anyway, I hate water under my rings, so I need a place to put them when I'm cleaning the kitchen. I found a piece of the the pattern that I would have gotten and it stands on my kitchen shelf as Official Ring Receptacle!

Thank your for your input & this glass is exactly the sort of thing that floats my boat. It’s just lovely I have done a bit of online mooching this afternoon & complete sets, as you say, are hard to find (& odd numbers don’t sit well with me) so I am going to look for the orphan glasses with no remaining family. I know where I will keep them & I think as you say, a beautifully unique motley crew will be more of a talking point. I hope along the way to learn more about glass & have some history to the ones I buy.

 

[empliau]

Thank your for your input & this glass is exactly the sort of thing that floats my boat. It’s just lovely I have done a bit of online mooching this afternoon & complete sets, as you say, are hard to find (& odd numbers don’t sit well with me) so I am going to look for the orphan glasses with no remaining family. I know where I will keep them & I think as you say, a beautifully unique motley crew will be more of a talking point. I hope along the way to learn more about glass & have some history to the ones I buy.

I have some nice, not super nice, stemware, but I've always irrationally hungered for Baccarat Massena. My mom had a full set - and I do mean full - of Waterford, and I know, none better, the disadvantages of investing lots of money in breakable things. But I've been watching auctions over the years for just two Massena wine glasses, for me and my husband on special occasions, and no luck. (Of course I would gladly buy more than two, but no luck pricewise.)

Thick lead crystal is more resilient than thinner stuff - my mom's Waterford was dropped several times, and only one chip, no actual breakage.

Massena (sobs quietly.)

 

[empliau]

Anchor Hocking green under ultraviolet light:

 

[Matata]

I've descended into the depths of laziness and rather than buying and storing liquor for when I want a cocktail at home and heaven's forbid having to mix it myself, I now buy them in cans. Yes, cans. I saw an article in the Wall Street Journal rating canned cocktails and decided to try Tip Top brand. I bought whisky sour, old fashioned, margarita, and my fav manhattan. The manhattan and whisky sour are very good and the others are good and it beats lazy me having to mix my own. Pop the top, pour over ice in a lovely glass and voilà.

 

[Calliecake]

@Ally T, I love Antique/vintage glassware. @Dee*Jay sells beautiful glasses. I searched for antique/vintage glassware years ago because I also love them but found some had small flea bites around the rims. I didn't buy them because I wasn’t sure if they could be repaired. I can’t wait to see what you find.

 

[Ally T]

I have some nice, not super nice, stemware, but I've always irrationally hungered for Baccarat Massena. My mom had a full set - and I do mean full - of Waterford, and I know, none better, the disadvantages of investing lots of money in breakable things. But I've been watching auctions over the years for just two Massena wine glasses, for me and my husband on special occasions, and no luck. (Of course I would gladly buy more than two, but no luck pricewise.)

Thick lead crystal is more resilient than thinner stuff - my mom's Waterford was dropped several times, and only one chip, no actual breakage.

Massena (sobs quietly.)

I actually have two Waterford Crystal glasses that my bestie bought for my 30th. They’re actually brandy glasses & weigh a tonne, but Mr T & I use them for whiskey or red wine. They are SO heavy!

 

[seaurchin]

I could definitely use a daily happy hour these days.

But I don't drink anymore. Hmm... Must work on getting a new vice. Suggestions are welcome!

 

[Matata]

Suggestions are welcome!

I can't think of any that are healthy

 

[canuk-gal]

I've descended into the depths of laziness and rather than buying and storing liquor for when I want a cocktail at home and heaven's forbid having to mix it myself, I now buy them in cans. Yes, cans. I saw an article in the Wall Street Journal rating canned cocktails and decided to try Tip Top brand. I bought whisky sour, old fashioned, margarita, and my fav manhattan. The manhattan and whisky sour are very good and the others are good and it beats lazy me having to mix my own. Pop the top, pour over ice in a lovely glass and voilà.

I looked up this brand....and they look yummy! Here I drink On The Rocks brand and really enjoy them except for the cost. LOL.

 

[Matata]

I looked up this brand....and they look yummy! Here I drink On The Rocks brand and really enjoy them except for the cost. LOL.

Cocktails in restaurants here are between $15-$20 each and I think they'll be going up due to tariffs. When I'm out with friends I usually have 2 cocktails and the cost often exceeds the price of the lunch or dinner. I can get a 24 pack of Tip Top for $135 which is $5.63 each cocktail. The same amount of restaurant cocktails would cost me $360-$480 so the canned are, currently, a better deal.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Alright, I'm back! Sorry for being MIA -- was a busy day! I'm going to post piecemeal because I'll include some photos and that will just be easier.

Ally, vintage glasses are DA BOMB (in my humble opinion, anyway!). The ones empliau posted are the Anchor Hocking Cameo Ballerina Pattern, circa 1930 - 1934. As she mentioned, they glow under black light due to trace amounts of uranium used in the manufacturing process, but that largely came to an end with WWII because the element was used for other purposes. Yellow glass, commonly called vaseline glass due to the color, sometimes also had uranium in and glows similarly. Here's a Fenton Spanish Lace Brocade Pitcher, circa late 1890s.

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[Dee*Jay]

There are also other really cool effects in other types of glass. For instance, these Alexandrite Neodymium glasses are sometimes purple and sometimes green depending on the type of light they're in.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Looking for The Orphans (and I've always called them too!) is likely going to work out much better than sets as so many have been broken through the years. Also, I'm not sure if you're willing to live with "flea bites" (i.e., small chips), but if you find a glass you love and it's not perfect on the rim or base you can smooth it out a bit with a wet very fine sanding block, like the ones manicurists use with the foam structure.

Are you considering clear? They can be etched, plain, or have an "optic pattern."

 

[Dee*Jay]

Here are two Fostoria examples that I really love. Blue Versailles (circa 1928 - 1943) and June Topaz (circa 1929 - 1936).

 

[Dee*Jay]

Here's an example of an optic pattern



And another:

 

[empliau]

Here are two Fostoria examples that I really love. Blue Versailles (circa 1928 - 1943) and June Topaz (circa 1929 - 1936).

The memories this brings back! My great-aunts had a set of Fostoria, proudly brought out for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I liked the pattern but wasn't as keen on the shape, so I let my sister have it - shame to break up the set anyway. Thanks for posting this!

 

[Dee*Jay]

There are also some really cool shapes:

 

[Dee*Jay]

A couple of caveats Ally:

You said "antique," which typically means more than 100 years. The stuff I posted was "vintage," (i.e., more than 20 years), so I wasn't exact precise.

You also likely have a whole different set of things available to you since you're not in the U.S. Let me see if I can find you some European things to look at.

Made in West Germany: