Grape Cruet, a gift of an oil and vinegar glass cruet is the ideal selection for any occasion.
The innovative style makes an excellent dining decanter for gourmet olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
The hand blown Bohemian glass cruets are created with a glass within glass vessel design. The inner vessel is blown as a grape cluster which usually holds balsamic vinegar. The outer vessel is normally filled with quality olive oil. These cruets are imported from European glass manufacturers, made from durable laboratory Simax glass, and FDA inspected. Each grape cruet comes with closure corks and is individually boxed.
All of our glass cruets are hand made by European glass blowing artisans. The artistic skill required to manufacture them is of exquisite quality. The unique dual purpose grape cruet keeps olive oil and balsamic vinegar in the same glass container, without mixture, making for an interesting conversation piece on the table. The two separate glass vessels have corresponding pour spouts that are easily used and corked when finished.
The French first introduced the cruet as an elegant dining accoutrement. The use of oil and vinegar dispensing cruets quickly spread all over Europe. In certain Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, olive oil and vinegar is abundantly used in their respective cuisine. It did not take long before chefs and cooks used cruets as an everyday dispenser. Today cruets can be found on dining tables and in kitchens as a culinary staple. Unique cruet designs have evolved in recent years. Glass vessels have been found to be the best medium to hold both olive oil and vinegar. The Grape Cruet has become the most popular of the hand blown cruet designs.
Bronze Age glass artisans, from what is now the Republic of Czechoslovakia , were the first to develop glass making. They started by making glass beads for necklaces and bracelets. During the Middle Ages the first drinking glasses were manufactured as well as stained glass for windows. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Bohemia was known as the world’s center for glass production. This artistry is steeped in European tradition and has been passed along from generation to generation for more than one thousand years. Today’s European glassmakers take pride in making skillful works of glass art by the same traditional craftsmanship they learned from their forbearers.
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