Tiffin Glass June Beau Cut Crystal Cocktail Stem

Tiffin Glass survived until 1980, outlasting so many of the American glass houses.  They operated as Factory R, a unit of the U.S. Glass company.  Tiffin was known especially for their beautiful stemware.  The piece shown here is a good example.

This is cut crystal, not etched, and the name is a pun.  You can just see the bow like a ribbon in the front of the bowl, thus the name June Beau.  Once you stop groaning from the pun you can agree that it’s a clever name that fits the design.

What I like most about this stem is the shape.  The wide section near the top of the rim is a rounded wafer studded with little beads like a collar.  The blank is sometimes called Pearl Collar, most appropriate and something you won’t have a problem remembering.

I like the graceful flare of the bowl and the ribbing on the stem that makes this easy to hold.  This particular stem is the liquor cocktail; it’s a little small for a sherbet and a nice size for a small after dinner drink or cocktail.

It’s fun to have a variety of stems to use for drinks.  You can mix and match and not feel like everything has to match since it’s not on a formal table setting.  Go ahead and have fun with Tiffin stemware.

Tiffin June Beau Vintage Crystal Cocktail

Tiffin Glass is one of the elegant glass makers that we carry in our elegant depression glass stores.  Tiffin made an incredible array of glass, from detailed cuttings to very beautiful etches, and many, many stemware patterns.  

The stemware we’re showing today are cut and have intricate stems.  The one pictured is June Beau, a pun because the main pattern motif is a ribbon bow.  Once you stop groaning at the lame joke you can appreciate the quality of the glass and the detailed cutting and intricate stem.  

This stem is one of two blanks that Tiffin made which have a ring of small beads around the top like a pearl necklace.  I saw a reference to this as a pearl collar which is a good description.  The other stemware line has the same stem and foot but the bowl does not have the flare.  We have this second shape in a beautiful cut design like leaf boughs.  

Altogether we have four cocktail stems, all holding about 4 ounces.  These are good examples of vintage cut crystal stemware from Tiffin GlasTs.