Culver Thailand Glasses Appraisal

Mid-Century Modern Culver-style Thai Goddess Highball Set with Carrier

This is a vintage set of eight highball glasses featuring a Mid-Century Modern Thai Goddess or Siamese Dancer motif. Each cylindrical glass is constructed from clear soda-lime glass, adorned with vibrant red panels and intricate 22-karat gold leaf filigree. The design depicts a traditional dancer in an arched pose, flanked by vertical gold stripes and decorative scrollwork. The set is housed in a brass-plated wire caddy featuring dual carved teak wood handles, characteristic of the 1950s-1960s aesthetic. Each glass stands approximately 5.5 inches tall. Regarding condition, the glasses show minor age-appropriate wear to the gold gilding, particularly near the rims, though the red coloration remains saturated. The brass carrier exhibits a light patina and some tarnishing on the wireframe, which is typical for vintage metalware of this age. One glass shows a slight vertical scratch through the gold leafing. The craftsmanship reflects the high-quality screen-printing techniques used by firms like Culver Ltd. or Libbey during the post-war era, though no specific maker's mark is visible in the image. The set represents the popular 'Orientalia' or Tiki-adjacent design trends of the mid-20th century.