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Rare J L LOBMEYR 55 piece set Mouth-blown Crystal Gold Lustre Hand Enameled C1880 WILL SHIP - $2,500.00 SHIPPING OR DELIVERY OFFERED VIEWING - * can send more photos & video * For Serious Buyers Only - Will do a Zoom call to show them better DESCRIPTION - ————————- Extremely rare Antique J & L LOBMEYR glassware set of mouth-blown Austrian Crystal. Service for 13. 56 exquisite crystal pieces in total dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Very rare to find a complete antique Lobmeyr set this large! The color of the glasses is Lobmeyr’s stunning “Patrician Gold Lustre”. It is so fine and luminescent that the pieces actually glow. They are absolutely gorgeous! If interested, I would be happy to send more photos to show them off. The set is made of Lobmeyr’s famous ultra-thin muslin glass /crystal that is mouth blown by expert artisans in Vienna using beech wood moulds so delicate that the rims are only one millimetre thick. HAND APPLIED ENAMEL - Hand-painted, hand-applied white enamel monograms with double border in subtle red & gold. Monogram history below. Formatted in the traditional Lobmeyr monogram style with the letters layered on top of each other. Lobmeyr was known for making custom monogram sets for wealthy clientele. SET INCLUDES: 1 Wine Decanter 10 Wine glasses 7 Sherry glasses 13 Water/lemonade glasses 6 Bowls (trifle or sorbet dish) 6 Saucers w/monogram 13 Saucers w/ no monogram —————- 56 pieces Total Each piece (other than the 13 extra saucers) accentuated with a hand-painted enamelled monogram. DIMENSIONS: —————————- * Wine Decanter: - Height 12 1/2” - Diameter - 5 7/8” - Weight - 670 grams (23.7 oz) * Sherry Glasses: - Height - 4 1/2” - Diameter at base - 2” - Weight - 52 grams (1.8 oz) * Water Glasses: - Height - 3 5/8” - Diameter - 2 5/8“ - Weight - 73 grams (2.6 oz) * Bowls: - Height - 3” - Diameter - 4 7/8“ - Weight - 189 grams (6.6 oz) * Saucers: - Height - 1 1/8” - Diameter - 6 1/4“ - Weight - 81 grams (2.8 oz) * Wine Glasses - Height - - Diameter - “ - Weight - grams ( oz) CONDITION ——————— In excellent condition - has rarely been used. In climate-controlled storage for the past 50 years. Majority of pieces are in perfect condition - but a very few (I believe 4) have teeny not visible chips on the rims. SHIPPING / DELIVERY ———————————— PERSONAL DELIVERY - Due to the fragile nature - I will personally hand deliver if the buyer is within aprox 3 hours driving distance from Washington DC/Bethesda. Will deliver for free if within 20 miles. Beyond that will charge reasonable delivery fee based on miles driven & hours. SHIPPING - If buyer is beyond driving distance I will package them extremely carefully & ship at the Buyers expense. ABOUT LOBMEYR CRYSTAL - —————————————— For reference the Lobmeyr website is: Lobmeyr.at From the website: “Lobmeyr glassware and chandeliers have been finding new homes around the globe since 1823. Our 200th anniversary is an opportunity to highlight some of the places our products can be found—whether chandeliers in the New York Metropolitan Opera, exhibits at the V&A in London, glassware in gourmet restaurants, or select boutiques worldwide.” LOBMEYR AT MUSEUMS - ——————————————- Lobmeyr Crystal is on display at the following Museums around the World - AMERICA - • NEW YORK CITY - The MOMA - Cooper Hewitt - Neue Galerie - Metropolitan Museum of Art •CINCINNATI Cincinnati Art Museum • CORNING - Corning Museum of Glass • INDIANAPOLIS - Newfields Museum of Art · PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Museum of Art EUROPE - • AMSTERDAM - Rijks Museum •LONDON - Victoria and Albert Museum • PARIS - Musee des Arts Decoratifs • AUSTRIA - VIENNA - - Mak Museum - fÜr Angewandte kunst - MÖbel Museum - Leopold Museum - Technisches Museum Silberkammer WILDALPEN (AUSTRIA) - -Museum Hochquellenwasser • CZECH REPUBLIC - BRTNICE - Hoffman Haus Kamenick - SENOV - Glas Museum Steinschonau * GERMANY - - DÜSSELDORF - Kunstpalast - ECHSENBACH - Schnaps Glas Museum - MÜNCHEN -DieNeue Sammlung - NÜRNBERG - Germanisches National Museum * NORWAY - - OSLO - Nasjonal Museet • PORTUGAL (LISBON) - Palacio Nacional Da Ajuda • PRAGUE – Josefov Museum of Decorative Arts • SWEDEN STOCKHOLM - Swedish National Museum PROVENANCE - ————————— This set belonged to my great, great grandmother. Bertha Molloy Drake (monogram BMD). She was from a prominent family in St Louis, Missouri and married to George Silas Drake, a descendent of King Edward. I would be happy to provide a brief history of them to the purchaser if they are interested. There is a book about her and her daughter Bertha Warburton Drake called “Yours Always” written by Henry Scott (avail at Amazon & Barnes & Noble). Facebook Marketplace