A Sea Blue Enamelled Grog Mug c1840

Description

Heading : A Victorian sea blue enamelled glass mug
Period : Victoria
Date : c1840
Origin : Continental or British
Colour : Sea blue
Bowl : Enamelled with hop leaves. Gilded “From a Friend” one and a half gills capacity . 3/8ths pint
Foot : Applied
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Soda lime
Size :   8.5cm tall. 11cm bowl. 6cm foot
Condition : The gilding has rubbed
Restoration : None
Weight : 150g

This is tourist ware. We have sold one other milk glass example of identical form and one dated example again of the same form. A gift to be sent home from a trip to Regency Brighton or Bath perhaps.