Havens has been selling Stuart Crystal since 1901 so when Waterford Crystal first bought the brand we were a little apprehensive. Waterford also bought Edinburgh Crystal too and it was beginning to look like an act of sabotage to nullify the competition – oh you sceptic Havo I hear you say.
Well I was not far wrong. Waterford have
At last they are back! As some of you will have experienced, the Villeroy and Boch Maxima Glasses, particularly the White Wine Glasses, the Flute Champagne Glasses and the Red Wine Bordeaux glasses have been out of stock since November 2011.
Information from Villeroy and Boch has been a bit sketchy but my understanding is that they have been having
We have just heard that the crystal glass factory that makes the Rockingham Crystal Simplicity and Rockingham Winchester crystal ranges has gone into administration and the factory Slov Glass in Slovakia will not be producing glass for the foreseeable future. The key reason for this is that the biggest creditor is the gas company and they have simply switched off
Researchers at the University of Reims in the heart of Champagne country in France have concluded after extensive research that Champagne tastes best from a flute champagne glass.
The study states that a tall slim glass creates a much higher concentration of gas which gives this most venerable of wines both greater flavour and fizz.
Now just as I thought
At 7.30 am on Tuesday 6th February 1952 a member of the Royal staff found King George VI dead in his bed. The King had been staying at Sandringham in Norfolk and only the previous day had been enjoying shooting on the estate and was reported as being in normal good health.
Sandringham coincidently was King George VI birth place
The Aynsley China souvenir gifts commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II are now in stock and already proving to be very popular.
There are 6 items in the range a Diamond Jubilee plate, Diamond Jubilee Mug , Diamond Jubilee Coaster, Diamond Jubilee Bell and a Diamond Jubilee Loving Cup. The 6th piece in the range is a large
