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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: markhig62 on December 12, 2024, 08:06:06 PM
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I am looking for some help to confirm (or otherwise) my opinions on the sweetmeat glass in the pictures. It has a flared ogee bowl on a capstan stem with angular medial knop. The conical foot is quite flat but has a snapped pontil. I believe, from the stem and foot that this is from the early 19th century - perhaps 1800 - 1830. The bowl and foot have clear striations but there are no clear pucella marks - which, i believe, ties in with the date that I suggest. There are quite a few small inclusions and tiny air bubbles and the glass weighs a hefty 445g. It is 14.4cm high, the bowl diameter is 10.8cm and the foot is 9cm. There is a fair amount of wear to the base of the foot but not a great deal of the small nicks to the rim which would be present on a wine glass - this presumably is what would be expected from a sweetmeat which would not be held in the hand much. I have looked everywhere for similar glasses to this but can find nothing, which surprises me.
Any ideas or, ideally, info on similar glasses would be welcome.
Thanks for looking.
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Hi
Is it lead glass, does the bowl ring? Stylistically it looks right for your date, perhaps slightly earlier with the lack of any cutting.
The everted lip suggests it's not a drinking glass so may be a sweetmeat.
Nice find
Keith
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Yes, it is lead. Thanks for taking a look.
Cheers