Pair Richardson Claret Jugs c1840

Description

Heading : A pair of Regency or Victorian claret jugs
Date : c.1835-1850
Period : William IV- Victoria
Origin : Stourbridge. England
Colour : Clear and frosted
Bowl : Frosted body with clear applied neck ring
Bowl Features : Ribbon handle applied top down with a spade lower terminal
Foot : Clear
Pontil : Polishes
Type : Lead glass
Size : 24 cm tall with a 4.4 cm bowl and 7.7 cm foot
Condition : Very good
Restoration : None
Weight : 1202 grams (combined)

Additional Information : The neck rings have been applied. not moulded and the joint is clearly visible. Beneath the lower neck ring there is no “frosting”. The base has been polished. For the frosting not to appear beneath the lower neck ring. there must have been a resist painted onto the glass before this was dipped.

The handle was firstly fixed top the lip and then finished with a spade lower terminal this was very rarely used after 1850. It was found that affixing handles starting from the bottom with a cushion or claw lower terminal resulted in stronger more robust handles. The ribbon handle and those with rectangular profiles were also prone to cracking due to internal stresses resulting from non-uniform cooling rates across the cross section of the handle. These were replaced with circular cross section handles.