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Quality Antique English Cut Glass & Silver Plate Biscuit Box / Barrel C.1860
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Quality Antique English Cut Glass & Silver Plate Biscuit Box / Barrel C.1860

19th century
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Description

A particularly good and unusual cut glass biscuit box which would equally make a wonderful ice bucket or pail.

Earlier than most of this type, it dates to around 1860, mid-Victorian in era. The glass is beautifully hand-cut to emulate a coopered barrel with silver plated lid and swing handle. The shape too is unusual with a taller more elongated design; most appealing.

Excellent condition measuring approximately 5" max in diameter x 8" tall to lid finial.

Item: 42996

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Physical Dimensions
Height
20.3cm (7.99")
Width
12.7cm (5.00")
Depth
12.7cm (5.00")
Declaration

Puckerings has dated this Cut Glass Biscuit Barrel to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
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SA784734
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42996
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Description
A particularly good and unusual cut glass biscuit box which would equally make a wonderful ice bucket or pail.

Earlier than most of this type, it dates to around 1860, mid-Victorian in era.

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The glass is beautifully hand-cut to emulate a coopered barrel with silver plated lid and swing handle.
Puckerings

The shape too is unusual with a taller more elongated design; most appealing.

Excellent condition measuring approximately 5" max in diameter x 8" tall to lid finial.

Item: 42996

FREE Worldwide Registered Airmail Directly From the UK

Height
20.3cm (7.99")
Width
12.7cm (5.00")
Depth
12.7cm (5.00")
Date of Manufacture

Puckerings has dated this Cut Glass Biscuit Barrel to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
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SA784734
Dealers Internal Ref
42996
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An English Victorian barrel-shaped cut glass biscuit container featuring geometric panel patterns, a silver-plated rim, a swing handle, and a fitted lid with a finial.
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An English Victorian barrel-shaped cut glass biscuit container featuring geometric panel patterns, a silver-plated rim, a swing handle, and a fitted lid with a finial.
Quality Antique English Cut Glass & Silver Plate Biscuit Box / Barrel c.1860
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An English Victorian barrel-shaped cut glass biscuit container featuring geometric panel patterns, a silver-plated rim, a swing handle, and a fitted lid with a finial.
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A Victorian biscuit barrel is a table container designed during the mid-to-late 19th century to store dry biscuits and keep them fresh. Popularised in British dining culture, these vessels frequently featured barrel-shaped forms made of cut glass or ceramics with silver-plated rims, lids, and swing handles.

Antique biscuit barrels were traditionally constructed using hand-cut lead glass or molded pressed glass, mounted with silver-plated base metals or solid sterling silver fittings. The glass bodies often displayed geometric diamond, star, or panel cuts designed to refract light.

Authentic 19th-century examples typically display sharp hand-cut facets, substantial weight due to lead content, and maker or electroplate marks stamped onto the metal collar, lid rim, or handle. The cut patterns often emulate wooden barrel staves and hoops.

An antique cut glass biscuit barrel can be styled on a dining room sideboard, kitchen counter, or bar cart as a functional or decorative container. Its reflective glass and silver fittings complement stone, marble, and timber surfaces in contemporary settings.

Clean the glass body using warm water and mild liquid soap with a soft cloth, taking care not to submerge non-watertight metal joins. Polish the silver-plated mounts gently with a specialised silver polishing cloth to avoid wearing away the electroplated layer.
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