Topic: Georgian? Victorian? Glass with domed pontil mark

[flying free]

yes, sometimes it is like a blob that both bits are 'pushed' into from top and bottom, but I was told that the ring around the foot of the vase I'm investigating is also a merese.   It looks like this one as though the foot has been applied to stem but then afterwards a coil of glass has been applied decoratively round the join to cover it up (ie not a functional 'joining' merese as it were)
That is what I was told at Broadfield House....or at least that is how I remember it    I'm sure I will be corrected quite swiftly 
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[oldglassman]

HI ,
         I think the attached photos should show what is known as a Merese, a blade like knop separating other knops or a bowl from a stem ,the ring around the base of a stem I believe is termed as simply a reinforcing ring , added by the gaffer if the stem to foot joint was needing a little support , this feature is most commonly seen on16th and 17th c glasses with very thin stems,why it would be on the OP's glass i have no idea .

cheers ,
  Peter.

[flying free]

thank you    and sorry for misleading anyone if I did so, but that is what I recall being told.
What you call a 'reinforcing join'  is also on some Walsh Walsh glasses I think as a decorative thing and on three vases I am investigating at the moment, which I do not believe are older than 1877 and probably not older than 1900-1910.
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[keith]

Ta,

[goyjus]

The jug and the glasses I originally posted have been confirmed as being by Thomas Webb by Sarah Shirley-Priest at Bonhams - in case anyone is interested.

[flying free]

Thank you for letting us know 
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[keith]

Bonhams,what do they know