A Victorian 20 Fluid Ounce (One Pint) Carafe c1870

Description

Heading :  A Victorian 20 Fluid Ounce (One Pint) Carafe
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : England
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 :   17.2 cm tall; 37.3cm diameter at widest point
Condition : Very good; an irregularly-shaped bubble between the neck and applied collar
Restoration : None
Weight :  526 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 seems as good a point as any at which the distinction between measures and carafes should be made !