Heading : Irish glass fold over rim pedestal bowl c1790
Period : George III
Origin : Ireland
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Prismatic split cuts of graduated size on the rim, honeycomb cut band to body
Stem : Bobbin
Foot : Square base lemon squeezer
Pontil : Not applicable
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  21 cm height,  26cm diameter bowl, 9cm x 9cm foot 
Condition : Good . A 1.5cms flake chip to the foot as shown. This foot type is invraiably. Light scratching to interior of bowl. The chip will be filled if required.
Restoration : None 
Weight:  2.34 kg

A Fine Irish pedestal bowl with hand blown bowl and pressed glass lemon squeezer foot.  The turned over rim bowl carries some imperfections, inclusions from the glassmaker's crucible but this is in stark contrast to the mastery of 18th century glass cutting. The perfect centrepiece for any grand table. This is one of very few styles that is uniquely Irish.

Additional Information : See ‘Irish Glass by Phelps Warren‘.  This piece can be attributed Cork as the cutting characteristics suggest, note the alternate gradiated prism cuts on the inverted rim and the large hollow facets to the body. In particular this piece exhibits the style of ‘soft’, flat cutting associated with Cork Glass Co. See pages 187 & 124/125 plate 86. You can also see an example of this bowl within 'Irish Glass' by Mary Boydell on plate 24, and 'English & Irish Glass' by W.A. Thorpe on page 31 plate B 

References :

Glass By Geoffrey Wills – Page 32 Plate 40.

Starting to Collect Antique Glass By John Sandon – Page 100.

An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass By Harold Newman – Page 318.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 22.

Miller’s Collecting Glass By Sarah Yates – Page 119.

English & Irish Glass By W. A. Thorpe – Figure 29a.

Irish Glass By Phelps Warren - Page 215 plate 241