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Title: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: Jeffingtons on September 16, 2017, 11:24:17 PM

I may be going back to buy this charity shop find. It smacks of quality. Star cut polished base to both it and the shot glasses with wear. I talked myself out of it because I'm an idiot (I think - glad to be proved wrong). My instinct from the shape and engraving was early to mid Victorian but I've never seen a decanter or any other glass of this colour. My question is is it right for a Victorian decanter?
https://flic.kr/p/YyKQGK

Title: Re: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 17, 2017, 03:13:34 PM

My guess, note guess, would be that it was 20th century and perhaps Czech

Title: Re: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: Jeffingtons on September 17, 2017, 03:21:09 PM

The colour made me think Bohemian.

Title: Re: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: The Glass Staircase on September 17, 2017, 03:28:55 PM

This shape/style of this decanter would be described as Late Georgian / Prussian not Victorian - typical decanter shape for the Victorian period was shaft and globe

Title: Re: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: brucebanner on September 17, 2017, 05:53:58 PM

It will be gone when you get back .

Title: Re: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: Jeffingtons on September 17, 2017, 07:47:26 PM

Ha, you may be right but I've decided not to go back for it anyway. With two Holmegaard kluks and a three ring Georgian, I have enough to meet my decanting needs.

Title: Re: Did Victorians produce aqua decanters like this?
Post by: Paul S. on September 29, 2017, 10:28:01 PM

quote  .............  "I may be going back to buy this charity shop find. It smacks of quality."   ..............   I thought for a moment I had read you were going back to buy the charity shop, the quality was so good ;) ;)