A Victorian Six Gill Carafec1870

Description

Heading :  A Victorian 25 Fluid Ounce (One and One Quarter Pint) Carafe
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : England or Scotland
Colour : Clear
Neck : Cylindrical with a rounded. flared rim; applied collar terminating in annular rings to both top and bottom
Body : Pillar-moulded with broad ribs
Base : plain
Glass Type : Lead.
Size :   18.1 cm tall; 43.0cm diameter at widest point
Condition : Very good; a small. irregularly-shaped bubble between the neck and applied collar
Restoration : None
Weight :  598 grams

Notes :  Very much in the style of many much smaller spirit measures. but there has to be a cut-off point between one classification and another. and one full pint of spirits seems as good a point as any at which the distinction between measures and carafes should be made ! This was measured to the bottom of the collar