Topic: are they antique???

[tipperrary]

a set of six....which came from the estate of a deceaced expert glass collector.....is there any way to tell if they are genuine 18thC thanks ,,...bill

[dirk.]

they remind me of late 18th glasses from
lauenstein / silesia. but that would be
a long way to tipperary, i guess?
fluorescence might give a clue about
age, but not necessarily...  :huh:
do they have polished pontils?

have a look at these:
http://www.kastern.de/pdf_121/1347_1440.pdf

regards,
dirk

[tipperrary]

thanks dirk...i bought them in a market in england....part of an enormous collection of very fine glass including...rock cut and fine carnivalware etc.....the owner had died..and family selling them on knew nothing about the collection.....there are no pontils present

[dirk.]

found another one:
http://www.antiquitaeten-czambor.de/Glas/Biedermeier/03566/
schreiberau is in silesia aswell.

the shape is more like your glasses´.
i´ve seen several of these with different bubbles
in the stem on ebay.

[KevinH]

I doubt this is 18th century - at least, not English versions. Main things are that the foot is not larger than the rim and even the flatter feet of 18th century glasses were actually "domed" (or "raised") to some degree and had a pontil scar.

[aa]

close up of the rim might help..

[tipperrary]

thanks....good opinions coming here...i will do more pics :hiclp:

[dirk.]

1. have to correct myself:
    "lauensteiner" glasses of course don´t come from lauenstein/silesia
    but lauenstein/lower-saxony. you have my apologies!
    (shame on me, it´s just around the corner... :hb2:
2. KevH, you´re right, they should be more "domed" to be late 18th.
3. Tipperrary, could we please have a picture of the bottom, too?
   

[tipperrary]

thanks for the ongoing interest,....it doesnt do anything interesting under a uv blacklight...so here is a pic anyway

[tipperrary]

difficuilt to photograph  aa  hope this helps