Victorian Centrepiece Coin Goblet c1866

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