The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The glass is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot consistent with some 270 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a bell-shaped bowl measuring 7.6 cm (3 inches) in diameter at the rim.
8 cm (3.1 inches) in diameter. The glass is 17.5 cm (7 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, scratches or any obvious signs of restoration. There is some light scratching to the external surface of the bowl and four unburst bubbles of differing sizes in the metal of the bowl. There is a collector's sticker to the underside of the foot.
English lead glass weighing in at 190 g. (~ 7 oz.).
The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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