Smolder Smoke Grey Ribbed Series Three Sizes Stemmed Glass Range

Smolder Smoke Grey Ribbed Series Three Sizes Stemmed Glass Range is a stemmed glass series built around a three ribbed forms, a small cup, a shallow coupe and a flared wine glass, on slim stems in smoke grey, translucent, with vertical ribbing through body and foot. It is produced in our glass workshop for buyers who need a repeatable decorative programme rather than a one off sample, and the piece shown here carries the one smoked grey ribbed body carried across three heights, so a table can be set from one colour family.

Smoked glass reads darker in low light, so buyers usually approve the tone in the lighting of the intended venue. Every unit is annealed in a controlled lehr so that wall stress stays within our breakage specification, and dimensions are checked against the measurement sheet printed on the photography. The result is a glass that looks individual on the shelf but behaves predictably in a container load.

• One Colour Across Three Shapes: The set covers dessert, cocktail and wine service without a colour break.
• Smoke Grey Tone: A smoked tone that hides wine stains better than clear glass.
• Ribbed Through: Ribs run from rim to foot, so the refraction is continuous.
• Weight Range: 145 g to 195 g across the range, balanced for volume service.
• Series Logic: Buyers can order one shape or the set, which suits both bar and retail programmes.
• Batch Colour: The smoke tone comes from the batch, so reorders match.

This stemmed glass series is aimed at bars, hotel restaurants, tasting rooms and retail ranges. Buyers typically place it in a range that needs one recognisable decorative accent without moving to a full bespoke mould, and because the body is a standard production shape the tooling cost is already absorbed into the piece price.

In service the glass is expected to move between back of house washing and front of house display several times a day. The surface withstands standard commercial detergents, and the rim geometry has been kept simple so that stacking and racking do not put point loads on the lip. For retail programmes the same item can be boxed as a single unit or combined with the matching pieces in our range to build a story around colour and pattern.

Sampling buyers usually test three things: whether the decoration survives twenty dishwasher cycles, whether the base sits flat on a granite or marble surface, and whether case pack dimensions match their pallet plan. All three can be confirmed with a stock sample before any production deposit is placed.

Each piece is packed in a moulded pulp or corrugated divider inside a five layer export carton, with a printed sleeve available for retail programmes. Case pack quantities are set so that a full pallet loads without void fill, which keeps freight cost per unit down for mixed container orders.

Production is inspected at three points: incoming glass quality, decoration placement, and final packing. AQL inspection follows the usual 2.5 major and 4.0 minor plan unless a buyer specifies otherwise, and we keep a retained sample from each run so that repeat orders can be matched for colour and pattern density.

• Smoke Grey Stemware
• Ribbed Grey Glass
• Smoked Coupe Series

Hand washing with a soft sponge is recommended where a decorative surface is present, and dishwasher use is acceptable on a normal cycle at moderate temperature. Avoid sudden temperature change such as pouring boiling liquid into a chilled glass, since thermal shock remains the most common cause of breakage in any annealed glassware. Stored correctly, the piece is designed for years of daily use.