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Title: Unusual Sowerby sugar
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 09, 2022, 11:09:08 AM

This pedestal sugar is unusual in that it is pressed and then cut (three rows of cutting on the bowl). I can't find it in any of the Sowerby catalogues but I'm assuming late 1800s from the style. It is marked

Title: Re: Unusual Sowerby sugar
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 17, 2024, 02:16:30 PM

Bumping up before I send it to the charity shop.

Title: Re: Unusual Sowerby sugar
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 17, 2024, 08:30:27 PM

 :) Thanks for that. I've learned that you do get cut pressed glass. I did not know that before, especially not on anything officially.

I have been wondering about some tiny Russian glasses I found several years ago - they seem to be pressed, and then cut.