Barware: Keeping it glassy
Lindsey Strader -- Home Accents Today, 11/1/2007
There is no shortage of glassware to keep cocktails cool as an array of shapes, sizes and styles awaits to adorn bar settings with alluring details. Classic mugs are revived with funky handles, martini glasses get colorful glass ball stems and 18-karat gold trim glamorizes traditional high-balls, cordials and tumblers.

Suitable for the current coastal styles, the Momo Panache Beach House glasses are etched and hand-painted, showcasing a wave pattern with blue and amber glass ball stems ($20 each).

Designed with glitzy textured body and clear glass accents, the Vino Vista Collection from DeSantis Designs is produced in the Czech Republic and features the artist's signature ($170, set of two).

From Vellum, the Byzantine Barware Collection showcases Italian crystal decanters, tumblers, high balls and cordials trimmed in an 18-karat gold Greek key pattern ($40 to $225).

Epitomizing elegance, the champagne flutes from Abbiamo Tutto feature hand-blown glass from Italy with a delicate ribbed pattern and embellished stem ($55 each).

Simon Pearce's hand-blown glass Irish coffee mug offers handcrafted function with a hint of refined flair through its unique looping handle ($55).

Crafted from recycled windshield glass and hand-blown by Colombian artisans, the Bob Timberlake Double Swirl Drinkware Collection from Country Originals is accented with a double amber swirl ($11 to $40).



























