Sentimental value

[nineveh_uk]

Those of you with relatives of an age and class to shop at Woolworths in the late 40s/early 50s may be familiar with the little amber-stemmed, gold-leaf printed sherry glasses to be seen in many a household cupboard. My father bought some as a birthday present for his mother when he was of an age I can't remember, but below 10, and paid his father back for them with most of his pocket money for months. My grandmother did indeed drink sherry out of them. Dad has the sole survivor. And as of this lunchtime, when I saw a set of five for £7.50 as I was passing the local hospice charity shop, I have some myself! I already have sherry glasses, so I think I might just have to drink schnapps out of these; they would be the perfect size. Once I have christened them with some sherry.



This is in perfect time to surprise my father, arrives tomorrow for a weekend visit. In the grand tradition of such visits I have spent this evening tidying up (i.e. shoved things in drawers) and ensuring that there are no fanfic notes lying around the place. Dad is well aware I write fanfic, but I can live without him actually reading it outside controlled conditions.

Comments

[jennyrad.livejournal.com]

There are many things you can drink from a glass like this; I had some amazing salmiakkivodka for a while which went delightfully in my similar glasses.

I never get a round tuit but they're also a good size for dainty servings of a rich chocolate mousse. Obviously being dainty servings you need twice as many glasses as guests because some people want second helpings, but still, it's an elegant way of doing it.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I am not sure that the words "delightful" and "salmiakkivodka" should be used in the same sentence :-)

I was thinking they would be rather nice for ludicrously rich puddings, but the glass is very thin, so I might worry about people wielding spoons near them.

[aunty_marion]

I have the trifle glasses to match, though I was always given to understand that they were quite old (certainly older than the 40s/50s!).

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I didn't know they did trifle glasses!

I know that Dad can't have bought his before c. 1952, probably a year or so later, but the pattern could well have been going for some time by then.

[aunty_marion]

I'm sure Mum got them from Grandma (Beet, I think - not Grandma Nuttall), and I was given to understand that they were inherited by *her* from someone else. If they'd been a wedding present to Mum they'd have been 1948, but I don't think they were. There are actually five that match and one that's exactly the same colours and design on the glass, but has a slightly different-shaped stem and is therefore quarter of an inch shorter than the others.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I agree that one does not simply walk into Mordor make syllabub on the regular, but they would be great for syllabub, and you could either use tiny dainty little spoons or just sip it.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I think that I would want my syllabub in substantially larger glasses! Whisky-sized, perhaps.

[aunty_marion]

I think mine are the sort of size you'd put syllabub in.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Lovely glasses. :)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

A splendid discovery (and I am glad that you have drawers to put things).

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

They are getting to be quite full drawers after a number of iterations of this cycle :-) A job for the summer is to sort them out a bit.

[mobile-alh.livejournal.com]

What a delightful find...and such excellent timing too, what with the pending visit.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Those look great fun, quite apart from the sentimental attraction.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Superb!

I need to start collecting different types of drinking glasses when my house is finished. I have 1 to 3 of everything inherited from Grandma, but it would be better to have complete sets.