Topic: Early Victorian Pressed Glass Tumbler - Molineaux Webb..?

[Greg.]

Hi All,

Would welcome any thoughts on this Victorian pressed glass tumbler.

Height: 4.25 inches

Diameter: 3.125 inches

Weight: 333 grams

Very tricky customer to photograph, pictures attached.

All thoughts welcome.

Many thanks,
Greg

[Paul S.]

quite possibly not..........    have a look here at Neil's pressed glass site.   http://sites.google.com/site/molwebbhistory/Home/gallery/latest-find

this looks very similar to the thumb print sort of pattern which was quite common both as a cut and pressed decoration on drinking glasses/tumblers/ales in the second half of the C19 - it looks especially attractive when cut, which is probably what the moulded versions were copying.

sorry, but can't even tell you whether this has a U.K. or Continental origin.            Forgive me Greg if I'm missing something, but what makes you think of M.W. ?

Edited to add............    having just trawled a fair few pix of C19 and early C20 pressed tumblers, it occurs to me that this piece has unusually parallel/straight sides.                Just had the feeling that tumblers prior to mid C20 tended to have sloping sides  -  of course it might be that the camera angle on this one distorts the image.