An English Georgian baluster period double ended dram glass dating to C1700. Two very thickly made bowls of lead glass; joined in the middle with a plain stem section; the inner base of the larger bowls pontilled. Height: 4 11/16 Bowl rims: 1 7/8 & 2 Perfect. English Georgian double ended glasses were produced over the period C1700-1750. Some call them measures and some call them drams. The earlier glasses appear to have bowls of similar size; the later glasses have bowls of distinctly di ...click for details
A large Georgian serving rummer dating to C1820. The large bucket bowl is very finely engraved with a pendant floral design suspended from six large flowers with smaller flowers engraved within the troughs formed by the swags. Cut borders contain a row of finely cut strawberry diamonds, the lower bowl is panel cut. The stem has a large slightly compressed knop and a stepped basal support before the conical foot with polished pontil. Lead glass of a good dark tone and in perfect condition. Height ...click for details
Looking rather like a miniature rummer of the period; a rare Georgian egg cup dating to C1800-1810 with an applied green glass rim to the ovoid bowl, a rudimentary stem and a conical foot with rough pontil. Lead glass and perfect. Height: Just over 2 Ύ Rim: Just over 1 7/8 Foot: Just over 1 3/4
English Georgian glasses are known to have been produced with blue rims from the mid 18th century onwards; the Victorian era saw various glass colours applied to bowl rims. Georgian glasses with green ...click for details
Looking rather like a miniature rummer of the period; a rare Georgian egg cup dating to C1800-1810 with an applied green glass rim to the ovoid bowl, a rudimentary stem and a conical foot with rough pontil. Lead glass and perfect. Height: Just over 2 Ύ Rim: Just under 2 Foot: 2 English Georgian glasses are known to have been produced with blue rims from the mid 18th century onwards; the Victorian era saw various glass colours applied to bowl rims. Georgian glasses with green rims are very rar ...click for details
An English Georgian glass tea caddy bowl dating to C1810-20. The bowl is notch cut to the outer rim with a V cut border below this. The main decoration is a band of star cut diamond medallions with strawberry cut ½ diamonds between. The lower bowl is panel cut. The applied foot has a polished pontil. Lead glass and in original condition; though the bowl is a little worn. There are a few tiny little nicks to the bowl rim and a small nick to the foot rim. Height: Just over 4 3/4 Outer Rim: 4 1 ...click for details
An English Georgian glass tea caddy bowl dating to C1820. The bowl is cut with slanted blazes to the outer rim with a V cut border below this. The main decoration is a wide band of strawberry cut diamonds with delineating double cut borders. The ½ diamonds to the upper and lower part of this main section are cut with thin vertical blazes. The area below the lower border is cut with slanted blazes. The applied foot has a polished pontil. There are inscribed initials in the pontil area to the u ...click for details
A Georgian dram glass dating to C1765. The slightly waisted round funnel bowl deeply panel moulded with strong separating ribs; the ribs continuing down onto the rudimentary stem. A thick conical foot with rough pontil. Lead glass and in perfect condition, with a bubble in the foot. Height: Just over 3 Ό Rim: 2 Ό Foot: 2 3/8 A range of large opaque twist wine glasses were produced C1765/70 with exactly this bowl type. Though I have never encountered a dram glass with this moulding before; I c ...click for details
A large English Georgian rummer dating to C1820. The capacious bowl mounted on a stem featuring a large annulated knop with basal support and a large conical foot with rough pontil. Lead glass and in good condition with light scratching to the bowl and the wear you would expect to the bearing surface of the foot. Height: 8 1/8 Rim: 5 5/8 Foot: 4 5/8 Rummers of this size are scarce. They were not made to be used as a drinking glass; but as a serving vessel. A toddy ladle or lifter would be use ...click for details
Prior to the current fine product we enjoy today; sugar was a course sweetener that was dispensed in solid cones. Sugar nippers were used to nip a portion of sugar from the cone and when sugar was used to sweeten a beverage such as a toddy, the sugar was immersed in the liquid in the bowl of a glass and a sugar crusher such as this would be used to crush the course material much in the same way that a pestle and mortar might be used, held by the flattened end. Clear glass examples are common; ...click for details
An English or Irish tumbler dating to C1800. Engraved below the rim with a feathered effect and circles above this. The tumbler is mould blown and has a rough pontil mark to the base. This form of engraving is typical of the C1800 period including mould marked items of Irish glass; see Irish Glass by Phelps Warren plate 19A where a marked Francis Collins Dublin rinser is shown with this decoration. Good condition with the odd mineral inclusion and bubble typical of period production. Height: 4 R ...click for details
A large and rare Spanish tankard produced c1770 in the Royal Spanish glassworks of La Granja De San Ildefonso in Segovia; 80 km north of Madrid. There is an engraved and gilded ornate border above a foliate border to the body of the tankard. The handle is applied appropriate to period and is quite unusual with a thick reinforcement spine. The base of the tankard has a slight kick and rough pontil mark. Excellent quality soda glass and in perfect condition. Height: 6 1/8 Rim: 4 5/8 Base: 4 1/8 ...click for details
A rare Spanish tumbler produced c1770 in the Royal Spanish glassworks of La Granja De San Ildefonso in Segovia; 80 km north of Madrid. There is an engraved floral motif with associated foliage with gilded highlights to the bowl; quite typical for La Granja glass and the base of the tumbler has a rough pontil mark. Soda glass and in perfect condition. Height: Just under 2 7/8 Rim: 2 1/16 Base: 1 3/4 There are very few examples of La Granja glass available in the marketplace and remarkably thi ...click for details
A rare Georgian Tea Caddy glass bowl dating to c1780-1790. The bowl is copper wheel engraved with the classic egg & dart motif with a lined border below. The bowl has a small applied foot appropriate to period and this has a large polished pontil. Lead glass. Perfect condition with just light wear. Height: 4 3/8 Rim Diameter: 3 3/4 Foot Diameter: Just over 2 7/8 We usually stock a selection of Georgian caddy bowls. Please make contact if you have a specific requirement for your tea caddy ...click for details
An English Georgian light green wine glass produced for export to the Continent c1760. Taking the form of a large roemer; the glass has a large wrythen ribbed cup bowl open at the base to the hollow stem. This has an applied milled collar at the shoulder and four raspberry prunts. Finished with a high conical folded foot with rough pontil. Perfect; though the prunts have dripped a little when applied and there is a small unburst bubble in the fold of the foot. Height: 6 1/8 Rim Diameter: 2 1/ ...click for details
An English Georgian bowl dating to c1800. The bowl has an applied blue glass rim and has period bowed swags and drops copper wheel engraving. It is mounted on a trumpet folded foot with rough pontil. Nicely striated and tooled lead glass and in perfect condition. Height: Just over 3 1/2 Rim Diameter: 3 7/8 Foot Diameter: Just over 3 Ό. This style of engraving is seen on glass vessels from c1790 and the trumpet foot is seen on bowls from c1800-1820. The rare addition of the blue rim helps to d ...click for details
