How can I identify some crystal stemware I just inherited from my
mother?  I would like to find a source to help me ID the manufacuter
and the pattern. The pattern was probably made during the early 1940's
or late '30's.

Hi, we need to see anything that you can show us.
Here is how:

"You can't send us a picture, but you can post one to a website that we
can see.
If you don't have your own website, then register and upload your
image at one of the following free sites, and then post the URL of the
image here."  (Knowledge seeker-ga, thanks)

<http://www.villagephotos.com> (limit 60,000 bytes per image) 
<http://www.deviantart.com> 
<http://www.usa-ezweb.com/ezfree> 
<http://www.imagemagician.com> (2 week free trial period)

IF you have any idea where your mother bought the crystal or what
country it could have come from, that would, of course, be a help.

There are also sites like these that could help you identify your stemware:

http://www.silverqueen.com/Crystal_store/Crystal.ASP

http://www.replacements.com/crystal/manu/a.htm

and others found with a search for:  crystal stemware.

I'm a real amateur at this, but I think I did it right -- the URL is
http://img.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder id=1477325.  The
crystal was a wedding gift to my mother in 1943.  It would almost
certainly been purchased at a department store in Louisville, Ky.  I
have water glasses, wine glasses, sherbets and cordials. (In mother's
day I think they would have been called water glasses, iced tea
glasses, sherbets and wine glasses respectively.)

Thanks so much for your help and interest with this.  Who knew I would
ever upload pictures to the web, nevermind find out more about this
pattern!

Well, I may have screwed up the URL.  I have 2 and don't know which makes it work:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1087970/   OR
http://villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder id=1477325

Thanks for your patience with me.
Cecilia Boone

Cecilia,
You did it!  Just a little problem of a missing  _  
Try this, folks:  http://villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1477325

I assume that the different sized glasses are all very similar to this one.
The silverqueen site seems of little use, but the replacement site is
a bit overwhelming.  Each letter brings up a list of manufactures,
many of which have their own list of patterns.  I won't begin to
search through them.
Maybe a little speculation about the additional details is useful.
In 1943, sources for European glassware probably would have been
exhausted, either the stock with the company in Kentucky or that of
its US wholesaler.
I suggest this on the bases taht neither would probably have had more
than one year's anticipated supply at the start of WW II, and a rather
neutral style like this would have been sold out by 1943.
If so, we are looking for a US manufacturer, a much broader field than
I anticipated.
I hope someone with have an eye for the glasses and can help you further,
Myoarin

Replacements, Ltd offers a free identification service.  Go to this
link for more information: 
http://www.replacements.com/identify.htm?s1=gan&1&

If you simply take a picture and fax, mail or email it to them they
will be able to tell you what it is.  Good luck.

Many thanks for all the help I'm receiving.  I've emailed pictures to
replacements.com research AND have ordered a book about id'ing crystal
stemware.  I have determined that it is American made, almost
certainly by Libbey/Rock Sharpe.  Unfortunately, there are a bazillion
combinations of their glasses, stems and bases.  Please keep up the
research - I need all the help I can get!