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Waterford Hock Wine Glasses

4 years ago

We eloped when we married and so I got no crystal or china or silver for wedding gifts. But a couple of years after we were married, DH gives me with two Waterford Kylemore water goblets for Christmas. We then started buying a glass a month until I had 8, then went on to get wine and sherry glasses. Over the years I've added port and liqueur glasses, a couple of brandy snifters, a set of on the rocks glasses. But what I've always coveted were the hock glasses. But while the water and wine were $100 per stem, the hocks were close to $200 per stem, so alas, they weren't coming home with me.

But the prices of Waterford isn't what it used to be. When DH asked what I wanted for our 50th anniversary, I stated the Waterford Hocks. We found EIGHT -- yes, EIGHT on Ebay for $200. They're mine! I got them yesterday! I am one happy girl!

Now to open a bottle of riesling!

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bubblyjock

4 years ago

Congratulations, for all of the above! Those are such delightful glasses, I would have been thrilled, too!

I don't understand the modern thinking of "it won't go in the dishwasher or the microwave so I won't buy it" - these everyday tools are made to be used, cherished, and discarded once worn out, surely.

Enjoy your hock :)

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sheilajoyce_gw
4 years ago
We eloped too, Martha. It made sense when we decided to marry. My parents were dead and siblings scattered across the globe. His parents did not even bother to raise him. Like you we had no fancy wedding gifts, but I did eventually inherit my mother's crystal and her silver serving plates and bowls. I cherish them and use them for every holiday meal. My kids love our fancy table which is also set with an antique set of Haviland Limoges china that we bought sight unseen from a Chicago TV PBS auction. (I had loved my grandmother's sets of this lovely china.) I was just thinking this morning that I need to check to see what needs to be polished for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Original Author
4 years ago
Sheila -- it's nice to use the good stuff!
lindac92
4 years ago
Beautiful!!! and at $25 per? a steal!!
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greenshoekitty
4 years ago
So pretty, I know you will get much enjoyment out of them.
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Original Author
4 years ago
Linda -- if you look on ebay -- Waterford goblets of any style are a steal now!
hounds_x_two
4 years ago
Beautiful! And Happy Anniversary. Enjoy!
colleenoz
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Over 40 years ago, I was working and wanted to give my mother a set of Waterford goblets. The department store selling them had staff who were very snobby (they eventually went out of business- I wonder why? :-) ). I asked a saleslady the price of the style I liked, and she replied "Fifteen dollars." "I'd like half a dozen please," I said. "That's _each_," she countered. "Yes, I heard you," I said, getting $90 out of my purse. "I'd like six."

When we married my mother gave us six Waterford champagne flutes in the pattern "Colleen", since it is my name. For my taste it is rather overblown and we rarely use them- they're also really heavy for what you expect of a champagne flute. Since Mom has passed I have her goblets as well.

I like nice things :-) Pity the younger set is less keen :-(
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Original Author
4 years ago
Colleen -- I LOVE it! Yes, DH paid $10 each for the first two goblets. Then when I got paid (which was once a month), I would go to the store and get another. Somewhere before I had bought 8, the price had went up to $12! After the goblets, we bought wine glasses the same way and then sherries. We acquired other pieces over the years -- some through the military when DH had annual training overseas and some at flea markets. My pattern is not as common as Lismore so you don't see a lot of it. But I always coveted the hocks. I thought they were so pretty.
lindac92
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Alas....the Waterford on eBay seems to be a good buy....but for the double old fashion glasses in Alana that I am looking for.
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4 years ago
Linda -- is Alana your pattern? It's a pretty one!
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4 years ago
Not that many old fashion glasses were sold in that pattern.

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