Supreme x La Rochère Water Glasses (Set of 6)
Supreme vs. Original
Original — La Rochère
Napoleon Bee Tumbler (Set of 6)
About the original
Cristallerie La Rochere has pressed soda-lime glass in the village of La Rochere, Haute-Saone, France since 1475, making it the oldest continuously operating glass works in Europe; its furnaces have not been extinguished since the seventeenth-century rebuild. The factory originally produced window glass and moved into pressed tableware for cafes and restaurants in the 1800s. The Napoleon Bee pattern was adapted in the nineteenth century from the bee emblem Napoleon Bonaparte adopted as a symbol of his reign on fabrics, carpets, and official regalia. The FW2024 Supreme version is a boxed set of six 8.5-ounce La Rochere Bee tumblers with an additional molded Supreme box logo on the base, released November 7, 2024 at $78.
About La Rochère
La Rochère is a French glassware manufacturer founded in 1475 by Simon de Thysac in Passavant-la-Rochère, in the Haute-Saône department of eastern France. It is the oldest continuously operating glassworks in Europe, with over 550 years of uninterrupted production at the same site. The factory produces pressed and blown soda-lime glass tableware, including the Bee tumbler with its embossed Napoleonic bee motif and the Périgord stemware line, both pressed in cast-iron molds dating from the 19th century. Master glassmakers still hand-finish individual pieces. Supreme has collaborated with La Rochère on co-branded glassware.
