Pope Champagne Glass 5 oz 4842-01

At the occasion of a general audience at St. Peter's Square, the managing director of the Moser glassworks, Pavel Mencl, gifted Holy Father Francis a decanter and glasses from the iconic collection, which gained its name exactly a century ago and is produced in the glassworks by hand to this day using the same techniques from the days of its inception.

In 1923, Leo Moser, the son of the founder of the glassworks, brought to the Vatican a crystal drinking set for 24 people and gifted it to the then Pope, Pius XI. The entire set numbered 218 pieces, each decorated with an engraved Papal coat of arms. The generous gift proudly presented the masterful handicraft of Karlsbad glassmakers making lead-free crystal since 1911 in Czech Republic.