Topic: Help please to date these 6 Joseph Riedel wine glasses

[mhgcgolfclub]

Help please to date these 6 Joseph Riedel wine glasses.

I am also struggling to find any other cranberry coloured Riedel glass wine bowl.
All 6 are marked CJR 2 on the outer rim of the base and 4 centre of base.

Height just under 8.5"

Thanks Roy

[Greg.]

Hi Roy,

There's a little info, in the below old thread, although pinpointing an exact year may involve a little more digging.  Perhaps contacting Riedel through their website might be worth a shot.

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=6825.0

[mhgcgolfclub]

Thank you Greg.

[flying free]

Beautiful.  Their glasses are incredible to drink from and to hold.
m

[mhgcgolfclub]

Thanks m
Maybe they date to the the 1960s or 70s. I will have to test them out and let you know.
They only cost £5 for the six of them.
Thanks Roy

[lazarericus]

For 2 or three years in the 1970s my parents were gifted with extremely delicate, tall, thin-stemmed wine glasses in various shapes. The colors range from deep to transparent in a variety of hues and some iridescence. The colors generally appear in a gradient. They are marked CJR on the base for Claus Josef Riedel. I would guess that your glasses are from that period.
I am trying to find out more about this series. It is so obviously different from the regular line of Claus Josef Riedel stemware that it must have been a special named series during that time. Searching on line I have seen only a few examples of this series, including the six in your query.
The design element seems to have been pushed in this series, with particularly tall thin stems, and delicate graded colors.
I do not have these glasses on hand to include photos. I have just turned them over to an online seller.