Pair Cut Bucket Bowl Rummers c1835

Description

Heading : An exceptional pair of bucket bowl rummers
Date : 1830-40
Period : George IV- Victoria
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. grey-blue hue
Bowl : Bucket. Engraved with a blaze cut bans above a field of deeply cut raised diamonds
Stem : Capstan with medial blade knop
Foot : Conical. undercut with twenty four point star *
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 13cm tall.   9cm bowl and 7.5cm foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks. There are some very minor imperfections at the highest points of the diamonds. this may be from manufacture this is only visible under . There are fine sooty inclusions within the glass. Some mossing on the base commensurate with age and use.
Restoration : None
Weight :  906 grams

“Star” type cuts on the underside of feet are too often overlooked. It is important to look at the mitre cuts themselves as they are a source of dating evidence.

On some early examples the opposing face of each cut often differ in length and width. These were made with two cuts. We have seen this tell ale indicator on a marriage glass dated as late as 1807.

On this example the mitre is uniform. however the polishing within the cut is not. As the cut narrows the polishing within the cut is progressively less effective and negligible in the base of the cut at the narrowest points. We have examined various glasses with “star” undercut feet from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. This “issue” with polishing mitre cuts had been solved by 1850-60. This was due to two factors. Firstly the ready availability of constant power with reliable delivery or torque at cutting wheels. Secondly the cutting tools and polishing tools and methods themselves.

A customer with a fifty year career in glass cutting who finished his professional career with Tudor crystal is writing an article on this very subject for us with a focus on “telltales” and production method.