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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Connie on April 15, 2006, 01:16:42 PM
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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 (http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/connie/cutwine1.JPG)
stem (http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/connie/cutwine3.JPG)
foot (http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/connie/cutwine5.JPG)
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I would say a wine mid C19th . Nice glass.
regards
Ian :)
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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.
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... so they can be stacked. ...
Ivo — Useful, thanks. It is the first time I have come across an explanation of this.
Bernard C. 8)