Send this picture to Replacements and ask for an ID and ask if they have any, and if not what will it cost when they do find some? Sorry, I don't recognize it at all. Linda C

I can understand that some people think that registering is demanding and greedy. That's the way it is now. I have watched young women go on line and see what has been bought from their "checklist." And the check list is long. And there are many stores. One thing they do that is nice is they will pick places like Target and Bed Bath and Beyond so you have a range of prices. But my friend's daughter was furious when she got gifts that weren't on the list. My friend was horrified my her daughter's behavior but I have seen that before. If I were the groom to be I would run for the hills. In my day....I registered for only china & silverware and glassware. That's what my friends did. I had no idea if anyone bought it. I was at school.We opened our gifts after we were married. There were many more things like candy bowls and candle sticks and a hobnail sugar and creamer set. Whatever they bought I have til this day to remember them by. No taking things back. I was flabbergasted that people would think of such nice things to make or buy for me.And I wrote my very personalized thank you notes within the month. My mother made sure of that. She would have been embarrassed to get a phone call asking if I got the gift. Someone gave me a shower and I got practical gifts like cookbooks and some lingerie and fun gifts. Nowdays, I have friends who give elaborate engagement parties at expensive restaurants. You can't tell the engagement party from the wedding reception. There is competition between friends. No wonder these kids don't know how to save money. I have also seen kids take many of the gifts back and use the money for televisions and in my God-daughter's case, windows. How do you like that!! I was wide-eyed when she told me and her mom was mortified. It seemed so unfair to the people who took the time to buy what they thought she would like.Oh well.

I have mine in an old French glass door cabinet. I still have to stain a couple of shelves so you will see that some are light in the cabinet, but the display works. Eventually this will all go in the butlers pantry but for now it's handy to have in the parlor next to the dining room. In our house guests get to pick their wine or drink glasses. Everyone has a lot of fun with this. I have several patterns of depression glass, crystal, fancy glass and even glass ware from the 50's and 60's, rarely more than six pieces of each type. I display them on shelves based on their use (champagne, cordials, wine, water, high/low ball and beer) and try to keep the pieces together on the shelf. I will take a couple of pics for you tonight but it's kind of dark in there so if they aren't great I'll come back and do more tomorrow for you if you want.

If you have softened water, then you likely do have etching and not a build up of film related to washing dishes in hard water. I too have this problem. You can test whether your glasses are actually etched by soaking a glass overnight in vinegar. If it doesn't come off by morning your glass is etched and if you don't enjoy drinking out of it like that you will need to toss it and buy new. New glasses will likewise slowly get to the point of being cloudy. You will first notice the process when you see a bit of rainbow-like streaks on the glassware. What I have learned after too much research is that dw detergents are manufactured to work in slightly hard water, and they are too harsh for glassware in water with zero hardness grains. That, coupled with the longer cycles that use very hot water and less of it, are very hard on glasses. After buying new glasses, you could try to help them not become etched as quickly by washing them in a cycle for glasses, which won't be as long or as hot temps as regular cycles. And only use a tiny amount of detergent; like a half teaspoon for glasses only. OR, you could by-pass your watersoftener and send hard, unsoftened water to your DW, and use a product called Glass Magic in each load to help cut down on hard water film. Since I was getting a new DW and was researching same issue as you before I settled on my brand, etc., I learned a LOT from GW and the internet and Miele, who I ended up buying from. I bought Miele Excella DW, which has the ability to soften the water coming into the DW itself; I'll have to add special salts to the DW. I will have a house softener, but will not be sending soft water to my DW (or to my instant hot/chilled filtered water at my sink, or my icemaker). I am having the plumber connect COLD, unsoftened water to my DW and will let my DW soften the water and bring it to the correct temp for the selected load. I plan to wash stemware and regular glasses in a top-only load with a setting for glasses. Since cold water will be going in, the water won't be too hot for the glasses. Since it will be unsoftened water, the dw will be able to soften it to about 5 grains of hardness, which is optimal for use w/DW detergents w/enzymes. This fix is probably not an option for you, but you may want to try some of the solutions.