| Personalized Crystal Wine Glasses and Monogram | | | | crystal wine glass will ring when it is pinged. Lead |
| Lead Crystal Gifts | | | | crystal glasses are heavier than most stemware |
| Monogram crystal wine glasses are the perfect | | | | due to the lead content. |
| gift for weddings and housewarming. It is a very | | | | In California, Proposition 65 requires that any |
| personal gift and tells the recipient you really | | | | glasses sold to residents or businesses of the |
| thought about your gift to them instead of buying | | | | state of California have a warning sticker adhered |
| off the shelf. When purchasing monogram crystal | | | | to them that warns them that consuming food or |
| gifts, many people want to know what the | | | | beverages that have been kept or served in |
| difference is between lead crystal and glass. | | | | leaded-crystal products, or handling products made |
| For glass to be classified as lead crystal it has to | | | | of leaded crystal will expose you to lead, a |
| have a lead content of between ten percent and | | | | chemical known to cause birth defects or other |
| thirty percent. Many upscale wine glasses are | | | | reproductive harm. |
| made from lead crystal, such as the Riedel Vinum | | | | Machine-blown crystal or glass has a very small |
| wine glass series. Per Riedel each wine glass is | | | | content of lead. Many times the term crystal and |
| designed specifically to enhance the taste and | | | | glass are interchangeable. In wine glasses that are |
| bouquet of its intended grape varietal. | | | | made from glass you may see small bubbles and |
| There is also 24% full-lead crystal which is usually | | | | other imperfections; however these are rare, but |
| machine-blown, but in some cases can be | | | | are not considered a defect. The dimensions of |
| mouth-blown and formed by hand. With machine | | | | machine blown glass are consistent and the glass |
| blown lead crystal you can expect minor bubbles | | | | walls are thin and colorless. Machine-blown glasses |
| and swirls that are inherent to full-lead crystal. The | | | | will give off an excellent sparkle. |
| wine glass walls are usually thin. When looking at | | | | So, next time you need a personalized gift for a |
| drinking glasses or wine glasses made of full-lead | | | | wedding, birthday or housewarming choose a set |
| crystal they can range from colorless to a subtle | | | | of monogrammed wine glasses or other type of |
| blue tint with an excellent sparkle. A full lead | | | | monogram crystal gift. |