Irish Cut Glass Standing Bowl c1820

Description

Heading : Irish glass standing bowl
Date : c1820
Period : George III
Origin : Cork. Ireland
Colour : Clear
Rim : Turned-over with a band of split cuts
Bowl : Cup bowl with a band of facet cuts
Stem : Bobbin
Foot : Square with a lemon squeezer base
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 19.6cm tall and approximately 28cm in diameter
Condition : One circular crack measuring around 9cm across on the side of the bowl
Restoration : The crack been professionally stabilised and restored

Weight : 2136 grams

Additional Information : See ‘Irish Glass by Phelps Warren‘.  This piece can be attributed Cork as the cutting characteristics suggest. note the alternate prisms to the inverted rim and the large hollow facets to the body. In particular this piece exhibits the style of ‘soft’. flat cutting associated with Cork Glass Co. See pages 187 & 124/125 plate 86. You can also see an example of this bowl within ‘Irish Glass’ by Mary Boydell on plate 24. and ‘English & Irish Glass’ by W.A. Thorpe on page 31 plate B 

References :

Glass By Geoffrey Wills – Page 32 Plate 40.

Starting to Collect Antique Glass By John Sandon – Page 100.

An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass By Harold Newman – Page 318.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 22.

Miller’s Collecting Glass By Sarah Yates – Page 119.

English & Irish Glass By W. A. Thorpe – Figure 29a.

Irish Glass By Phelps Warren – Page 215 plate 241