Topic: Cranberry glass jug and glasses help please..

[Pat]

Before I carry on I apologise profusely for the photo. Hubby just cannot gwet to grips with the new camera.
It is a cranberry jug with ground and polished out pontil on the bottom taking up most of the bottom and has a stopper with three nice decorative prunts. It sits in a copper filigree casing and has hooks for 3 small glasses of which I only have two. Any idea of age and origin would be nice!

[Pat]

I have a new photo if it helps!

[krsilber]

That's nifty!  How handy to have the cups right there, eh?   I wonder if you could show a closer photo of the metal work?

[paradisetrader]

Need some close-ups Pat
The metalwork reminds me of Egyptian silver filigree but I;d need close-up to be even halfway sure.
Is there gold dust in the handle or is that just a reflection ?

[Pat]

I'll get onto it tomorrow.

[Pat]

Here are some close ups of the metalwork

[krsilber]

Looks like there are Islamic motifs in the metal, but that doesn't really narrow it down, since so much was made in Europe for the Islamic market.  Turkey did filigree metal work on glass similar to this.  I swear I've seen a French example like this somewhere; I remember because it surprised me.  India's another possibility.  I'm not helping much, am I?

[Pat]

Oh and incidentally it is not gold dust in the handle just a speck of dirt that got sort of magnified.