Pair of Georgian Diamond Cut Lidded Jars c1830

Description

Heading : Pair of diamond cut lidded jars c1830
Period : George IV -William IV
Origin : England or Ireland
Colour : Clear. blue-grey hue
Bowl : A filed of cut diamonds above stepped prismatic mitre cuts. The cutting on the cover mirrors the cutting below and has a a finial cut with diamonds
Stem : Terraced pedestal
Foot : Thick low conical
Pontil : 32 point hand cut and polished star cut.
Glass Type : High lead
Size :  18cm height. 9.5cm diameter bowl. 8cm diameter base
Condition : Excellent. one small nibble to one of the finials 
Restoration : None
Weight: 2100 grams

It is difficult to say whether this pari of antique glass jars are English or antique Irish glass. They are very heavy and have a grey blue hue indicative of high lead content. The hue is associated with Irish glass from the period. though this is not enough to say they are certainly Irish. The cutting is of a very high standard thus may have been undertaken in North-West England. Probably either honey or preserve jars. A beautiful antique alternative to modern mason jars or canning jars.

References :

English. Irish and Scottish Table Glass by G. Bernard Hughes Pg. 169 Pl.124