Anglo-Irish Glass Bowl with Fold Over Rim c1800

Description

Heading :  Anglo-Irish glass bowl with fold over rim
Period :  George III
Origin :   Ireland – most likely cork
Colour :  Clear
Bowl :  Fold over rim with a band of split cuts to the rim and a band of diamonds to dthe body.
Stem :   Bobbin
Foot :  Moulded with inward tapered gadrooning
Glass Type :  Lead
Size :  24cm height, 30.5cm x 25.5cm bowl
Condition :  Excellent, light fritting to foot as expected, and some scratching to the base of the bowl.
Restoration :  None
Weight: 3224 grams

With the ‘soft’ flat cutting style, bobbin stem, and moulded foot this piece exhibits many of the hallmarks of the Cork Glass Co. and we are comfortable making this attribution. See helps Warren pgs. 124/5 and 187.