Description
Heading : Richardson engraved crystal wine glass
Date : c1900
Period : 20th Century
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Highly deceptive thistle shaped bowl with engraved thistles and leaves and a field of small diamond cuts
Stem : Facet cut ball knop
Pontil : Plain
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 4 7/8 inches tall with 3 1/4 inch bowl and 2 1/2 inch foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight: 280 grams each
Additional Information : All that glistens is not gold. As much as it hurts me to divulge this as a dyed in the wool Scotsman. every thistle shaped glass or decanter was not made in Edinburgh
The thistle pattern was introduced to the Edinburgh and Leith flint glass company around the same time that it was purchased by the notable English manufacturers Thomas Webb of Stourbridge. This is not a coincidence. Webb’s rival Richardsons has been producing an alternative thistle pattern from 1880 to 1900. With the Edinburgh version the pattern the base of the thistle. known as the involcure. is at the top of the decanter. With the earlier Richardson version the involcure of the thistle is at the base of the decanter. effectively the same way that thistle would grow with the flower at the top. There are other differences. nost notably the Edinburgh version the involcure is more rounded. in the Richadson version the radius of curvature changes where the flower and the involcure meet. there is a shoulder.
Again as a native of the city itself it pains me to say that the Richadson version is wholly more naturalistic and the cutting and engraving are both of a higher standard. The glass is also much darker than all of the Edinburgh equivalents.
Multiples of this item avalibe : 2 remaining
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