Famed French glass makers Duralex have been pulled back from the brink of extinction by new owners and is once again crawling back up the ladder of the chique, the cool and the just plain unbreakable icon of glassware.
Personally, I think anyone who has kids should get their hands on some Duralex glasses- these things are flippin' amazing. My mother brought a set of tumblers and bigger glasses what seems like years ago and we still have the vast majority of them today- probably the best investment she ever made. I think maybe, over the years we may have lost two to breakage- and when one does break, it's like a family event. Everyone has to come and look, point and say 'WOW.'
Because the things just don't break! I've seen 'em fall off tables, out of cabinets-survive things that would have seen any other glass shattered into a thousand pieces. And plus- how cool is this!
The Duralex brand-name was imprinted on the minds of French boys and girls from the day that they learned to read. For decades, a game has been played in French school canteens. Every child at a table would read out the serial number stamped with the Duralex logo on the bottom of their water glass. The number – anything between 1 and 48 – became that child's "age" for that lunchtime. The "youngest" had to fetch the water for the rest of the table.
While we didn't quite do this when we were kids we TOTALLY compared the 'ages' we found on the bottom of the glass! (So awesome when you find connections of universality with other people you didn't even know about.)
Anyway- I'm glad to hear they're coming back. When the Missus and I get around to popping out a kid or two, we're totally going to have to snag a set of these, I think.
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