Description
Heading : Georgian Glass Engraved With Buckthorn Sloes c1780
Period : George III – c1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Coincal. cut and engraved with sloes
Stem : Double flattened ball knop.
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 14cm height. 6.3cm diameter bowl. 7.3cm diameter foot
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight: 154 grams
It was the Scottish Government who first introduced taxes on spirits and had the likes of Mr R Burns in their employ to collect them. Illicit distilling of whisky and gin may appear to be romantic. dodging the taxman an amusement however it does have it’s downside. specifically the spirit produced for the most part tastes awful. I have tried white lightning in Appalachia. home made apple spirit in Sussex and the water of life in Yorkshire. I survived.
With increases in taxes on spirits in the early 18th century and increases in import duties then illegal distilling became commonplace and was a driving force behind the gin craze. The Georgians all had a sweet tooth and to disguise the flavour of the local hooch sugar and sloes were added. This diluted the spirit and made it palatable. Sugar and sloes were also added to beer to make a fruity porter. My sloe wine is Hs atopped now and should be clear in a couple of years.
We would definitely use this glass for sloe gin although it was almost certainly made for beer.
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