Among Stephanie Hall’s fondest childhood memories are the afternoons she spent combing through antique shops near her home in Holly Hill, South Carolina, with her grandmother, Estelle. There, in the Lowcountry, Estelle would hunt for pieces to add to her collection of colored glass, which crowded into two china cabinets in her home. Known for her warm hospitality, Estelle would pull out the vintage glassware for Sunday family dinners.
Stephanie collaborates with a 100-year-old glassmaking company in Poland to craft her artisanal products, which she describes as “vintage-inspired, yet refined and modern.”
Paying homage to that tradition spurred Stephanie to start her own colored-glass collection. She had been working as an attorney in Washington, DC, when she decided to move back to Charleston in 2010. There, she began searching for contemporary colored-glass pieces for her own home, and coming up empty-handed, she launched Estelle Colored Glass in 2019. Named for her grandmother and inspired by her collection of antique glassware, Estelle Colored Glass features cake stands, decanters, wine glasses, rocks glasses, and Champagne coupes and flutes in a rainbow of 20 shades—and counting. “We are intent on making our way around the color wheel,” Stephanie declares.
A self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur who had started a side event-rental business while working in DC, Stephanie collaborates with a 100-year-old glassmaking company in Poland to craft her artisanal products, which she describes as “vintage-inspired, yet refined and modern.”
She wants her pieces to become treasured heirlooms, much as her grandmother’s glassware is to her: “I hope [Estelle Colored Glass] adds fun to customers’ tablescapes and home entertaining and adds a memorable touch to family gatherings that stays engrained for a lifetime.”
Find Estelle Colored Glass locally at Paula Rallis Home (629 Augusta St), or at estellecoloredglass.com.
