Vintage Luigi Bormioli Light and Music Diplomat Clear Crystal Glass Square Decanter, Original Cork Stopper

Luigi Bormioli's crystal strives toward grace of form, refinement of design, originality, and high quality, and this decanter shows their efforts!

Very sleek square mid-sized decanter, perfect for your bar cart, fill with water for your bedside, or fill with a favorite beverage, add a bow and use for a hostess gift.

Like new vintage condition. While this decanter has been washed, it does not appear to have been used.

DETAILS: • Dimensions: Height (with stopper): 7.75", Width: 3.75", Length: 3.75", Weight: 1lb 14oz • Manufacturer: Bormioli Luigi • Design: Square Decanter • Pattern: Light & Music Diplomat • Markings: Original sticker - Light & Music Luigi Bormioli Made in Italy , Bottom of decanter is embossed with "Italy" • Place of Origin: Parma, Italy • Date of Manufacture: c1970s-1980s • Materials: Blown crystal (lead-free) • Color(s): Clear • Status: Discontinued

HISTORY: In 1825, Luigi Bormioli left Altare (Province of Savona) and moved to Borgo San Donnino (renamed Fidenza in 1927) in the province of Parma. Luigi started a glassware company with money he inherited from his father. After Luigi's death in 1832, his wife Petronilla led the company for the next 22 years, together with her three sons. In 1854 the company purchased the Royal Factory of Ceramics and Glasses Strada Farnese in Parma, and immediately changed its name to Brothers Bormioli Glassware.

In 1946 the current Luigi Bormioli was orphaned at a young age and forced to leave his forefathers' enterprise, he founded a new glass factory that bore his name: Bormioli Luigi.

In 1973 Light & Music blown glass tableware became an alternative business sector (Italy's first crystal glass and the first lead-free glass in the world), alongside their traditional production range.

In the 1980s, the company acquired other companies in Italy and abroad, and again renamed itself, this time, as the Bormioli Group. The new company made glass products for the household sector, and industrial packaging for pharmaceutical, perfume, cosmetics and food use. In 2017 the company acquired Bormioli Rocco

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