Thank you so much. It is called Bohemian glass, ruby cut to clear. You might be able to find some at an antique mall or eBay will definitely have some, too.
I saw a comment of yours on The Chateau Diaries ...so glad I checked you out. I love your hand-painted Fenton pieces. I have several lovely Carnival glass pieces but without handpaintings. I lived in Jackson, Mississippi on Milsap's campus and then a suburb called Briarwood in the mid-late 60's. I love the old ant-bellum homes. There are so few left, but I used to visit an elderly lady just off campus in a huge home with white columns when I was eight or nine yrs. old ...and she made me cookies or chocolate-covered pretzels & such when I would visit. She had glorious antiques and lots of Bavarian cut glass (I think some of it was lead crystal) like your pitcher. Thanks for the tour!
Hello Tara! How lovely to meet you! I just loved reading your comment. I read it a few times. What a sweet memory that you have of your friend in Mississippi. I live in Hattiesburg. Too bad you aren’t still here! It would be so nice to have a friend to talk about the old South and beautiful antique things with. I come from a very old Southern family and just reading your story visiting your friend reminds me of old times when I was little with my grandparents and all of the lovely Southern great ladies I knew and visited, with desserts always served. They are all gone now and the South seems a lot like just about everywhere else. I miss those old days, which is what brought me here to live as an adult. All of those great ladies had family pieces like your friend had and wouldn't you just love to have some of it now! I surely would, but even more so, I would love to have those friendships again. Thank you for sharing. You have made me quite nostalgic! And didn't you just love seeing Stephanie dressing up in the 1860s period dresses? I surely did. It makes me want to make myself some!
