An Early 19th Century Engraved Georgian Glass Rummer c1800

Description

Heading : An Early 19th Century Georgian Glass Rummer
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. good blue grey lead tone
Bowl : Deep ogee. Engraved JER avobe flowers with polished detail
Stem : A blade knop merese above a plain stem
Foot : High lemon squeezer.
Pontil : None
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  Height 12.3cm. bowl 9.0 foot 6.1x 6.1
Condition : Excellent. Some nibbles around the leading edge of the square foot as is invariably the case without restoration but this is remarkably limited in this case. A small flake chip beneath one corner.
Restoration : None
Weight: 313g

This type of foot was moulded and were produced by ‘pinchers’ who press moulded glass. You will frequently find that the glass in the foot is not the same colour as that within the bowl. They were made independently and not always within the same glasshouse.