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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 813952, member: 111"]Nice .950 French cup, could certainly be used for juleps, but wouldn't have been originally intended for that very American drink - it would typically be called a timbale or a tumbler (if I recall correctly, some old catalogs called them timbale form cups). I don't think the maker's mark is double-struck, but rather has a border, the initials do look to me like 'IG', but also can't figure out what the two symbols are supposed to be, and a quick search doesn't find likely candidates - it's not Granvigne, as their symbol was, no surprise, a grapevine.</p><p><br /></p><p>You don't give a measurement on the Russian piece, but it looks like a napkin ring - would expect the diameter to be somewhere between 1-1/2" to 2"...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 813952, member: 111"]Nice .950 French cup, could certainly be used for juleps, but wouldn't have been originally intended for that very American drink - it would typically be called a timbale or a tumbler (if I recall correctly, some old catalogs called them timbale form cups). I don't think the maker's mark is double-struck, but rather has a border, the initials do look to me like 'IG', but also can't figure out what the two symbols are supposed to be, and a quick search doesn't find likely candidates - it's not Granvigne, as their symbol was, no surprise, a grapevine. You don't give a measurement on the Russian piece, but it looks like a napkin ring - would expect the diameter to be somewhere between 1-1/2" to 2"... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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