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A much better size, thank you for adding it. I don't recognise the signature but someone else may do so.

Thanks for the extra pics. having seen more detail, the glass certainly looks to me to have been needle-etched. This technique is most commonly seen from the late Victorian period (1880s) through the first quarter of the twentieth century, though apparently the first experiments with needle etching date back a little further with, according to this article, the first primitive machine being used at Richardson's in 1855 for decorating lighting globes: https://cambridgeglass.org/crystal-ball-article/96crystalball275b/ This article also talks about the techniques used.

Hi Kai and welcome to the board,

The glass itself is press-moulded, as can be seen from the rim and the vertical mould seam visible on the undecorated band towards the rim (right hand side on the picture). To me, it looks like the pattern is simply moulded in as well, though it is hard to tell from the photo. If not moulded, then I'd suspect it was plate-etched, though this should be easy to determine as if it is etched the lines will be in intaglio rather than relief. Given the chunky construction, bubbles and visible shear mark (about half way up), I believe it has some age. It's not a pattern I immediately recognise, but I'd think second half of the nineteenth century give or take.

Some more photos, including a close-up of the decoration and one of the underside of the foot might be helpful.

Hello and welcome to the board. We really need larger images to be able to see the signature. Ideally they should be around 700px along the longest side. We have a help topic here if you need assistance with resizing images to fit the board's size limits. https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6522.0.html

If you go to the victorianpressedglass.com home page there are lots of other catalogues. I've looked through them a lot but not noticed the elephant tray and haven't seen one elsewhere. It could be quite rare.