Topic: Can anyone help me with a date for this glass

[Calliera]

Hi Paul & Kevin

The mark on the bottom does have a shallow dip but I have been looking at it in the light to try to see the lines but am not sure what I am looking for or if there are lines running in the same direction- I  think that is definately for an expert eye lol.

I recently purchased this off ebay for £11.57 as I liked it because it looked quite quirky with the skull & crossbones.  The guy I bought it from told me that it was very old and that i'd bought a bargain so I was interested in finding out anything about it.

Thank you all again for helping - I shall keep on googling to see if I can find any more info

[brucebanner]

If the dice are loose and the base hollow could the chalky appearance be wear from years of shaking marking the interior of the glass similar to several old glasses I have with coins loose in the stem ? .

[Paul S.]

think I would want to see age related wear if it was that old...........    ebay sellers, in my experience, are not known for being that honest, usually.        Perhaps you have indeed been very lucky

[oldglassman]

Hi ,
         As far as I know these continued to be made into the early 20th c ,and were probably made for the armed forces messes , bars etc , maybe this one was made for this mob http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers. I have a couple somewhere but escape me at the moment , I have also seen the dice from one that was beyond keeping intact and they were glass.

cheers ,
             Peter.

[Paul S.]

thanks Peter.