Topic: Victorian tumbler ?

[bat20]

Hi , this glass has a wide polished pontil with a lot of wear, I’m thinking late Victorian /Edwardian because it’s fairly bright although the cutting is sharpe,so possibly 1830 ish ?? Thanks for looking .

[Paul S.]

Hi  -  it looks the part, at least for something possibly over one hundred years in age.       Unfortunately, the wide ground/polished pontil seems on its own not to be a guarantee of age, but the shape on the inside - at the base - with thicker walls and thinner centre - seems about right for Victorian, and Brooks says this tapering shape suggests 'mid-Victorian'   ....   I take his word for that.    The wear looks about right too.                 Why is there what appears to be 'lime-scale' around the rim at the top  -  is that on the inside or outside.?   -  someone been using it as a vase perhaps.     
Apparently, the habit of acid dipping cut glass - to speed up removal of grinding marks - didn't really get going until c. 1920  -  see Wilkinson 'The Hallmarks of Antique Glass', whose brother died tragically from fume inhalation whilst experimenting with this process - so most cuts should be fairly sharp until that period.
A good looking glass  -  assume you bought the other five too.

[bat20]

Luckily whatever it was rubbed off !?,..I wish there was a couple more 😀, although it was with a group of far more modern tumblers that didn’t tempt me .Thank you Paul for your replies and always giving a bit extra , very generous .

[Paul S.]

 yes, but is it all kosher   -  I should think finding a set or even three or four matching of such pieces is nigh on impossible unless you're buying from a high end antiques centre.     Just wish we had more folk here who contributed to our chats on drinking glasses.