We are offering a vintage set of 8 old fashioned or doubles glasses produced by
Culver LTD. These are the Florentine pattern. Heavy 22K gold decals of fruit
surround the glass. They measure 4” across the top and 4 1/8” high.
Culver was founded in 1939 by Irving Rothenberg in Brooklyn, NY. In 1980 the
company was moved to Rahway, NJ because Brooklyn became too dangerous to do
business in. Culver was well known for the lavish designs and use of 22K gold.
In fact, the items they produced were more likely sold in jewelry stores rather
than department stores.
Mark “Mickey” Rothenberg took over the company
in 1987 after the death of his father. The company was sold in 1996. He operated
another company until his death on 9/11. He was on the high-jacked
Newark-to-San-Francisco flight that crashed in Pennsylvania.
From what I
could find, these have the original signature with the Culver LTD in script,
which indicates they are probably from the '50-'60 era. The LTD was later
dropped and Culver began using a more modern signature and then paper labels.
The application of the gold to the glass was accomplished through a secret,
super-heated, roll-on process. Culver became very popular in the '50's and
remains very collectable today.
These are a fabulous buy and they are
getting extremely hard to find!!
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