A lovely Mid Century Georges Briard "Mix Your Poison" glass and 5 Mid Century jeweled celluloid skull swizzle sticks. This hard to come by pattern is the pinnacle of Georges Briard's "Name Your Poison" pattern and truly a magical one. This glass features a gold "Rx" on each side of the skull and cross bones graphics along with a gun, cris-crossed knives and two mortals/pestles. And the Mix Your Poison mixing glass is tapered (not straight as the Poison glasses are). The graphics colors are a stunning deep black with a vibrant gold. The swizzle sticks are just as magical and are made of a heavy celluloid material and rhinestone eyes. They are an ivory color.
A quick summary about this glassware maker: Georges Briard was the go-to for decorative housewares in the 1950s and 60s and was carried at upscale retails like Bloomingdale’s and Neiman Marcus. Briard’s success and notoriety came with the use of 22-karat gold as screened decoration for bent glassware. His design hallmarks are repetitive patterns, most often featuring geometric shapes or nature based images. Georges Briard is known for creating some of the most stunning Mid Century Modern glassware as well as Atomic and Kitsch designs in the later 1970s and is the essence of MCM glassware excellence.
Maker/era: Georges Briard, Mid Century
Hallmarks: None beyond the various poison hallmarks; this mixing glass does not bare the Georges Briard signature
Measurements: The glass measures 5 3/4" tall x 3" in diameter, the swizzle sticks measure 7 1/4" in length
This set includes: 1 "Mix Your Poison" glass and 5 skull swizzle sticks (3 blue jeweled, 1 purple jeweled, and 1 green jeweled)
Condition: Very good vintage condition overall with minor signs of age. We like to be thorough when it comes to our vintage glassware, so here's a complete summary:
1) The swizzle sticks are in great shape but do show minor age that comes purely from time. There's minor "glue residue" around some of the eyes that has darkened slightly due to time. We do not know of these swizzle sticks were created by Georges Briard as they bare no hallmarks.
2) The glass clarity of the mixing glass is perfectly clear, no cloudiness.
3) The graphics are vibrant and in very good shape.
4) The "Rx" graphics on the sides of the glass are fully present and crisp.
In short, this vintage set is in very good vintage condition with mild signs of age. Cheers.
We also have a set of 6 Georges Briard Name Your Poison glasses caddy set listed, if you're interested in a larger set of this pattern. Please see other listings.
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