These are Hanover Gold stemware from Waterford Crystal. DH and I picked out the pattern 10 years ago, and are still very happy with it. It goes nicely with our Lenox Liberty china. The proportions of the bowl of the tea cup in the china matches the propotions of the bowls of the stemware. It took us a long time to find ones that did! (For the record, that's an outrageous price for a 5-piece place setting; Ross-Simmons has much better deals, and often offers free shipping.)
This summer the girls (MIL, DD, and I) went out for a "shopping day" and stopped at the Kitchen Etc. on the way back home. Kitchen Etc. was a reliable source for well-priced kitchen and dining stuff, but they went out of business as of July 30. We were surprised to see that not only did this particular Kitchen Etc. have some of my Waterford pattern, they were also discounting it along with everything else in the store. It wasn't much of a discount (10%), but that's 10% more than you will ever find anywhere else; Waterford never goes on sale, and is always exempted in the fine print whenever a store runs a "X% off everything" promotion.
In the 10 years that DH and I have been married, my MIL has been buying me crystal for birthdays, Christmas, and anniversaries. She told me she has felt guilty the last few years because she has bought me other things (as if that were a problem!?). Anyway, she insisted on buying up all that they had in my pattern, and even said, "I'll figure out how to get it out to AZ, don't worry about that."
So, I told her she now doesn't have to buy my another gift for next 5 years. (hee)
The stems are here safe and sound and beautiful, and when the in-laws are here for Thanksgiving, we'll definitely use them for dinner. I hope to use them more as the kids get older, too. Just now, it's a bit more prudent to leave them in the china cabinet, safe and visible.
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