SOLD – Rare Blue Rim Marriage Engraved Ale Glass c1815

Description

Heading : Engraved Ale Glass
Period : George III
Date : c1800
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Funnel
Bowl Features : Applied thick blue rim. The bowl engraved with cross hatched flowers adjoined by foliate scrolls and the words ‘Willm & Sarah Sidebottam’    
Stem : Angular shoulder and central knop
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 5 3/8 inches tall with 2 1/2 inch bowl and 2 3/4 inch foot   
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 185 grams

We have possibly identified the marriage for which this glass was made. Sarah Holmes was baptised in Kirkburton in 1794 and marries William Sibebottam on 26th May 1817 at Mottram-in-Longdendale. Cheshire and went on to reside in Hollingworth Cheshire. In the 1851 census she states her birth place as being New Mill. in Gods own county of Yorkshire. New Mill is within Kirkburton five miles south of Huddersfield.