A Victorian Glass Goblet c1880

Description

Heading : A Victorian glass goblet
Period : Victoria. c1880
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Round funnel with petal cuts
Stem : Slice cut inverted hollow baluster stem
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Polished
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  17.2cm height.  9.0cm diameter bowl. 9.0cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks . Some small particles of clinker in the bowl
Restoration : None 
Weight:  382grams 

Always described as “water glasses” in catalogues of the period. However. with a thirty centiliter capacity. about half a pint. this woiuld inspire any oenophile to ponder a big red.