Topic: Can anyone to help to identify this pressed glass bowl set?

[Birkyc]

I recently acquired this bowl set at a car boot sale. I have exhausted all of my resources and despite many further random searches have drawn a blank as to who they may be made by, age and indeed purpose.

Set consists of a large bowl 27.5cm in diameter but only 3.2cm deep from outer base to rim. Given that the ground and polished rim is 70mm thick, leaves an internal depth of only 2.5cm. It weighs 1.4kg. There are 6 individual bowls, 14.7cm in diameter, and 2.9cm deep. The ground and polished rims on these are 50mm thick, leaving and internal depth of around 2.4cm. They weigh on average around 320g each.

My personal feeling is they are too shallow for use as a fruit set, maybe for cakes or flans?

If anyone can help with identification or other suggestions I would be much obliged.

[Lustrousstone]

Sets like this are often described as being for ices or strawberries. Are you sure it's pressed?

[Birkyc]

Thank you for your response. I just assumed it was pressed, now you've mentioned it I have examined them more carefully and actually they are cut, Bonus! There is a lot of work in them as there is a lot of varying cutting styles and patterns. Any idea when or where they might have been made?