Large Irish Cut Glass Standing Bowl c1800

Description

Heading : Irish glass standing bowl
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Origin : Ireland
Colour : Clear
Rim : Turned-over. A band of interlocking prismatic split cuts
Bowl : Elliptical shaped bowl. Cut with a band of large diamonds bordered with slice cutting
Stem : Two swelling knops
Foot : Thick scallop moulded oval
Pontil : Lemon squeezer. moulded
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 9 3/8 inches tall and approx. 12 1/2 inches in length
Condition : 1 1/2 inch crack to the turned over rim as shown. clean and clear
Restoration : None
Weight : 3298 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 :

Similar examples can be found in the following :

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.