The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The glass is in excellent condition. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot commensurate with some 250 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a rounded bucket-shaped bowl measuring 5.8 cm (2.3 inches) in diameter at the everted rim.
The stem leads to a cut foot which measures 7 cm (2.8 inches) in diameter and is in the form of a six-sided rose. The belief is that these glasses were used by Jacobite supporters who indicated their allegiance this way; the foot being seen by other as they tipped their glass and drank from it. The glass is 15.3 cm (6.1 inches) in height. There are the normal very tiny flea-bite chips out of the cut edges of the foot which can be seen in the relevant image, but these are no more than reasonable wear and tear for the form. There are no other chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration.
English lead glass weighing in at 165 g. (~ 6 oz.).
Provenance: The Tanyards Collection, East Sussex.
The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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