SOLD – Richardson Engraved Thistle Bowl Wine Glass c1900

Description

Heading : Benjamin Richardson engraved crystal wine glass
Date : c1900
Period : 20^th Century  
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Thistle shaped bowl with engraved thistles and leaves and a field of small diamond cuts
Stem : Plain 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: 140 grams

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.