I was....just a 'little'......tempted, to purchase this Set of 3 Antique Fritz Heckert Art Nouveau/Jugenstil Glass Goblets.....But reconsidered, because I'm trying to 'wind down' this Collecting........ and...I already have a set of Frederick Carder goblets, once owned by my one-time landlady, Alma B. Wells, that can service my dining appurtenances requirement, now......and have more sentimental value....A good friend attended Alma B. Wells' Estate Sale, in the early 1970's, bid on and won the auction of the glasses, then gifted them to me for X'mas...Alma's husband Bert, a chemist with the Chemical Control Dept. of COCA COLA, presented a 'paper' ....in the summer of 1942....about the establishment of 'water quality control' for the popular soft drink....He was, subsequently, one of the few men that 'knew the secret formula'....His wife, Alma, delighted with all their new-found-wealth....served 'coke' from these lovely goblets at one of her 'society parties'....I prefer Dr. Pepper and Pepsi, alas....sorry about that, Alma! sparkling ginger ale is far more beautiful, when served in the goblets, of course....with a a coupe of splashs of Angostura Aromatic Bitters....and a cherry on a toothpick.....Although I did not support "COKE", Alma left a Proviso in her Last Will and Testament......that included me within her list of 'Inheritors", after having replaced late 30's year-old Bill Ellis, with whom she had been infatuated, earlier. He left Atlanta, to avoid Alma's fixated romantic advances toward him, and moved to Hilton Head, leaving me to dwell..with Bill Mello and John W. Lowe, in her Garden Hills rental home, to wrangle Alma, who had replaced Bill Ellis with Me!. With some fond amusement and nostalgia, I still...sometimes, salute Bert and Alma, when imbibing from the old goblets.....
