Five Engraved Richardson Champagne Flutes c1900

Description

Heading : Five Engraved Richardson Champagne Flutes 
Period : Victorian
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Thistle-shaped; engraved with thistle leaves and seed-heads and with a field of small diamond cuts
Stem : Plain with facetted medial ball knop. broad collar and cushion
Foot : Very low conical
Pontil : Radial star-cut
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  18.1 cm height. 7.1 cm diameter bowl. 6.3 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks. Some small flecks of clinker
Restoration : None 
Weight:  1272 grams combined 

Additional Information :  Every thistle shaped glass or decanter was not made in Edinburgh

The thistle pattern was introduced to the Edinburgh and Leith flint glass company around the same time that it was purchased by the notable English manufacturers Thomas Webb of Stourbridge. This is not a coincidence. Webb’s rival – Richardsons – had been producing an alternative thistle pattern between 1880 and 1900.