A Pair of Victorian Rummers c1860

Description

eading : A Pair of Square Base Rummers
Period : Victoria 1850-1870
Origin : England
Colour : Clear and bright
Bowl : Round funnel. Engraved with a bank of hope leaves. flowers and ears of barley. Petal cut lower bowl
Stem : capstan
Foot : Sixteen point raidial cut square base
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  Height 14.9 and 14.5 cms. Bowl 9.5cm and Foot 7.0 x 7.0
Condition : Good. The usual fritting to the edges of the square feet. Matt areas of wear on the underside ( mossing)
Restoration : None
Weight: 1303g combined

We frequently see such glassware being sold erroneously as Georgian. Plain square based rummers with polished pontils from the early 19th century are to be found. A very few examples have eight point radial cutting on the underside of the foot. Later examples have more points within the radial pattern sixteen or twenty four and the width and length of the radial cuts are irregular as is the case with these examples. they are hand cut. Later 19th century examples with thirty two and even forty eight points are well known. These are tactile and weighty examples.