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Cut wine or cordial - how old?
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Connie:
This piece is out of my area of knowledge (like many things :wink: )
It is 5.25 inches tall and 2.75 inches wide at the top. The bowl and stem are cut from 1 piece of glass. The foot is a separate applied piece.
Is it a wine? Cordial? Port? Any clue how old? I think it is at least 19th century.
Cut wine glass
stem
foot
redheat4:
I would say a wine mid C19th . Nice glass.
regards
Ian :)
Ivo:
A neat way of telling the older from the newer ones is that in old glass the foot is wider than the cup so they can be stacked. I am not quite sure when the feet got smaller - I think it was around mid-century or 3rd quarter of the 19th century.
Bernard C:
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Ivo — Useful, thanks. It is the first time I have come across an explanation of this.
Bernard C. 8)
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