Technical Description A superb set of six 19th century amber wine glasses. They have ogee bowls with a band of cut and engraved festoons with engraved fleur-de-lis above each swag. A band of slice cuts at the base of the bowl above angular knop stems. Conical feet with snapped pontils.A rare set of glasses which we dont recall seeing before.Date & Origin England or Continental, c1870. Period of VictoriaConditionExcellent, no chips, cracks or restoration.Dimensions Height: 11.3cm Bowl diameter: 6.5cm Foot diameter: 6.5cm.Historical ContextRichard Oastler led what is now known as the �ten hour movement� to improve the working lives of factory workers, especially children, and became known as the �factory king�. His work, along with that of Shaftesbury and others led to the Ten Hours act in 1847. The act meant that women and children working in cotton mills could not be made to work more than ten hours in one day. In 1867, six years after his death, the act was widened to include women and children working in all factories. Height is 11.3cm (4.4inches)
Width is 6.5cm (2.6inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)