When you plan a dinner for your guests, do you think about using good glassware? Does anyone who isn't on the social registers of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. really care about her table settings? If she isn't responsible for the way her table looks when entertaining the social upper crust or the diplomatic community, what's wrong with the fine glassware offered by the best shopping mall chain stores? Nothing at all, really! I would offer in fact just one little caveat. You can use glassware of exemplary beauty and appropriateness without having to hock the silverware to do it!

You can easily go beyond the day-to-day offerings of glass- and stemware available in the mall to offer your guests small works of art in which to enjoy their wine, champagne, martinis, brandy, and beer. On our site (please see below) we present a range of Romanian glass and crystal stemware that is hand-made, hand-etched, mouth-blown, lead-free, and 100% safe. More important, each piece is a masterpiece in a tradition of glassmaking that goes back centuries. And yet you will discover how inexpensive it is to own sets of these unique products that will add a large measure of color and prestige to your table service.

Fabulous Glassware for Your Table Settings - Today?

We live in an age of "casual." In fact we often seem to go out of our way to make even the most elaborate dinners much the same as they'd be on a Sunday afternoon at Aunt Suzie's. We almost certainly have gone so far as to use paper or plastic cups and glasses for the beer consumed during the game watched by a hungry clan gathered for that purpose. The original bags contain the chips and the original dip cartons are used in place of glass dishes. I continue to hope this is a fantasy that is incorrect though, as I age, I also fear that it reflects the truth about entertaining today.

I prefer to believe, however, that there are still individuals among us who want to reflect in their entertaining some semblance of style, some adherence to standards of excellence, and some desire to give every indication they they respect their guests enough to go an extra measure to show their taste and breeding.

Setting the table for brunch, lunch, and dinner is one way of making guests feel welcome. An essential component of a table setting is glass and stemware. If you've looked at glassware you are quite rightly of the opinion that much of what you just naturally gravitate to adds up to quite an expenditure. Certainly your conclusions are correct if for instance you're looking at German, Austrian, Polish, and Czech cut glass. But if you've never looked at Romanian glass, you've not seen products that more than equal their better-known eastern and middle European counterparts. And yet there's nothing new about Romanian glassmaking except that the craft continues to evolve and continues to produce both traditional and newly created works.

Most Americans, if they know the country exists at all, know Romania only in a political sense. Even if they've read Bram Stoker's Dracula, which is set in Transylvania, a Romanian province, they aren't really aware of the Romanian connection. Besides, the novel and all those Dracula movies that are based on it make it difficult to shift our attention from the horror of terrifed and bloody maidens to a real country that, despite its turbulent history, has long nourished a reputation for such famous arts as rug weaving or a celebrated tradition of fine glassmaking.

Even if our sensibilities are captured by collections of some of the world's most exquisitely beautiful examples of hand-blown, etched, and hand-decorated crystal, we have no idea of their origin. The Global Connoisseur has located stunning examples of Romanian 100% lead-free, limited-edition crystal masterpieces to offer you at incredibly low prices. These low prices will allow you to bring either incomparable beauty to your table for formal settings or, when and if you wish, even a touch of casual good humor and class to your less formal events. And there won't be a paper cup or plastic glass anywhere in sight.

Romanian glass and stemware artisans are part of a long and proud tradition in their country of origin. They have rejected the mundane and the banal in their work. They refuse to produce only works that copy their counterparts all over the world; instead, they take their art to the highest levels, creating pieces unlike any other in this strongly competitive field. None is manufactured; each piece is an individually mouth-blown and intricately hand-decorated masterpiece of the glassblower's art, one that you will fully appreciate as a treasured addition to your home and a reflection of your good taste.

Each of the Romanian collections offered by The Global Connoisseur has a unique design and name (e.g., Milano, Georgio, Bacchus, Afterglow, Crimson). Their recent popularity has led to a longer waiting period to receive orders for them. Clients, however, may be assured that we are working with our suppliers to accelerate shipments from Romania.

Whichever designs you choose, you may be assured you have added exquisitely functional objects of admiration to your table service: red and white wine goblets in all sizes and shapes, champagne flutes, martini sets, brandy snifters, decanters, beer glasses, candle holders, candy dishes, oil lamps, and more.

The manifestations of artistic imagination and creativity found in Romanian glassware are endless in their originality and craftsmanship. Whether we are paying homage to the magnificence of stained glass, or speaking of the plainly simple, or admiring an etched design, or a geometric etching - as with squares and rectangles - each piece easily displays an elegance that will please their owners and their discerning guests.

Robert D. Forst is an avid art, opera, and classical music enthusiast who has lived all over the world attempting to acquire a cultivated taste in art, crystal, and paintings that is reflected in Robert"s and his wife's e-commerce store. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and taste as a contributing editor at http://www.theglobalconnoisseur.com - a site that offers information concerning Romanian glass- and stemware, , Romanian Crystal, Limited Edition Romanian Vases, one-of-a-kind hand-painted ceramic vases and boxes, and a great deal more.

 

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