Description
Heading : Victorian rummer glass with cutting
Period : Victoria – c1865
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl :Everted rim with a band of prismatic cutting above slice cuts above a field of diamonds – a shape reminscent of thistle glasses.
Stem : Capstan with flattened knop
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Broad polished
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 14.7cm height, 9.7cm diameter bowl, 8.5cm diameter
Condition : Excellent, no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight: 583 grams
Known as prickly monstrosities when made they exemplify Victorian rich cutting a style that came to the fore at The Great Exhibition of 1851 and in a more refined form at the Victorian Exhibition of 1861 .Heavy, robust, tactile and very decorative
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