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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: Ming on June 04, 2011, 03:23:10 PM
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I saw a Britannia pint glass in a charity shop the other day. I did not know Chance produced pint glass in Britannia pattern. I came across lot of Lancer pint glass but never this one. Its not in the book either.
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Got to ask,where???? or am I to late?
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May be still there . I did not buy as it will cost £1.50.
Keith look at my Waterford vase on the Glass section.Its very very nice one. One of my very top buy.
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Keith. The Britannia pint glass is in B'ham. Let David tell us is it worth getting it first. Of course l am making assumption that it is still there.
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Having looked at the manuscript of the forthcoming book, I think someone needs to buy it now, as there is confusion over sizes and volumes and it would help to clarify the issue.
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O.K. I go to buy it tomorrow. Good job the shop is not far from home.
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Is this a pint jug, or a pint glass? I know there could be a 1 pint tumbler (½pt is shown in the book).
The half-pint milk jug is 4¼in. tall
The pint lemonade jug is 7in. tall
If it is a jug then they are not that uncommon, but certainly worth £1.50!
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David. It is a pint glass. I have double checked it. Same size as Lancer pint glass. On the handle there is a resit for metal lid when required. I will show it here when l got it.
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I look forward to seeing it then. Although the Britannia pattern is quite common, I have never heard of, or seen reference to, a pint glass. Photos would be much appreciated, as always.
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Here is the pint glass. 5 inches high.
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If it's only 5-in high, it seems unlikely that it would hold a pint. Can you measure the volume
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Christine
Lancer Pint tankard is also the same high and hold same volume (in the book 1 pint tankard is 5 inch high.)
So this a 1 pint Britannia tankard then.
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I suggest you measure the volume because David said
The half-pint milk jug is 4¼in. tall
The pint lemonade jug is 7in. tall
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I'm wondering if I should check out the jug capacities. The Lancer pint tankard is indeed 5in. tall, so I would expect the Britannia to be similar. However, it could be that the Britannia jug, with a higher top edge and a lip is taller because of this. Also, you never fill jugs to the brim, but you would a tankard (before measured marks were introduced on over-sized glasses).
Ming, I can't put my hands on the Britannia 'pint' jug right now, but it should be just under half litres if you have no imperial measure to hand.
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David
I have put half litre of water into the tankard and it just fit. So it is 1 pint capacity.
I think Keith got a Britannia Jug so you can get him to measure it.
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If a half litre just fits, then one pint will spill over the lip!
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I should said there is still just over half of a inch left to the top after put in 0.5 Litres of water.
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A pint is 564mls. (according to milk bottles anyway!)