crystal goblets

“Obliged to return the governor’s hospitality at the British Consulate, Gordon’s party deployed from the storeroom the remainders of Samuel Baker’s supplies: Sèvres plates, crystal goblets from Bohemia, vintage burgundy and champagne.”

Simon & Schuster: Three Empires on the Nile

“Dutifully they trooped to her privy chamber, where a table was set with crystal goblets and golden plates for the children who were able to comport themselves with such finery: Mary herself, Lusty, Flamina, Beaton, and Seton, Francois and Elisabeth.”

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles

“His guests ate French food from silver plate, and drank Veuve Cliquot and Chateau Yquem from gold-rimmed crystal goblets monogrammed with a golden “I.””

Simon & Schuster: Three Empires on the Nile