Description
Heading : Victorian centrepiece coin goblet
Period : Victorian – c1880
Origin : England
Colour : Red bowl clear stem and foot
Bowl : Round funnel
Stem : Hollow
Stem Features : Two knops over a drop knop. Inside the lower hollow is a Victoria silver 3 pence piece dated 1866
Foot : Domed with thickened rim
Pontil : Polished
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 29cm height. 15.1cm diameter bowl. 13.9cm foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight: 1224 grams
We have read that in order to create the ruby gold glass the glassmaker would throw on part of a clipped gold sovereign. It is a good job the the sovereign did not replace the silver coin otherwise the glass would not be here today
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