A Victorian Twenty 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 square-edged. flared rim; cut with diamond-shaped facets over one row of broad petals which denote the fill line
Body : Three rows of oval lenticular cuts
Base : Star cut
Glass Type : Lead.
Size :   14.8 cm tall; 18.5cm diameter at widest point
Condition : Very good; three tiny nibbles and some very minimal striations to the rim
Restoration : None
Weight :  549 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 !