There is something quietly extraordinary about a glass that has outlasted a century. This set of seven antique champagne coupes — made by Fostoria in their iconic Cloverleaf needle etch pattern is exactly that kind of find.
Needle etching was a labour-intensive technique most prevalent in the 1920s: glass blanks were coated in wax, then a skilled setter used a precision machine to trace delicate repeating patterns before the piece was immersed in a hydrofluoric acid bath.  The result is the gossamer-fine swag-and-scroll border you see here — looping garlands and trefoil cloverleaf motifs that catch the light like frost on a windowpane.
Fostoria’s Large Cloverleaf pattern, made from approximately 1893 to 1931, represents some of the finest needle-etched glassware produced in North America  — and these coupes are a beautiful example of that legacy. The wide, shallow bowl and faceted ball stem are quintessentially Edwardian-meets-Art Deco, as at home on a dressed dinner table as they are styling a bar cart.
Six glasses are in excellent condition. One has a minor flea bite on the rim — priced accordingly.
3 3/8” diam x 2 3/4” tall