Rowland Ward Set of Six Engraved Big Game Highball Glasses c1970

Description

Heading : Rowland Ward – Set of Six Engraved Big Game Tumblers- Highball glasses
Period : 1960/70’s
Origin : Bavaria (made for Rowland Ward. Nairobi. Kenya)
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Straight-sided (slightly flared) high-ball tumbler; slice cut around base. engraved as below with an animal set amidst trees
Foot/Pontil : Moulded and polished 
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  14.0 cm height.  6.7 cm diameter bowl. 5.8 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight:  804 grams

Note : Although there are six glasses. one of the engravings is duplicated; there is the elephant. lion. giraffe. buffalo and two sable antelope. one of which is in place of the rhinoceros which would have completed the original set