Topic: Wonky bubbly drinking glass - antique or repro?

[Ivo]

Supermarket glass? Wha's tha? With multimillion factories  lik Arques, Pasabahce or Bormioli churning out boxes of domestic glass for less than a euro per six, who sells expensive caliper finished goblets?

[David Hier]

All I can say is that I have seen similar (not such good quality) hand-made items in supermarkets - usually the smaller non-franchise kind.

Take it or leave it, I'm not exactly stating that this is the best or most likely origin of the glass. Thinking about it some more, most of the 'supermarket glass' I have seen is usually quite light, so the weight of this glass alone rules out this explanation.

It's probably more likely to be a second and the tool markings etc aren't typical.

[Cathy B]

It reminds me a little of Mexican recycled glass, all hand made, available in Oxfam-style shops a few years ago. Perhaps that's the sort of thing David means?

[Pinkspoons]

One of the things that's drawing me away from 'brand new' glass is that if it were cheaply made for low-end retail markets, would they have gone to the effort of producing them in a pretty convincing antique shape using glass with just the right kind of grey tinge to it?

[David Hier]

I think that one of the things that makes it difficult to date is the marriage between a more traditional stem and and modern bowl.

Having said that, I have seen 18th and 19th century drinking glasses that look surprisingly contemporary in design.

[Lustrousstone]

Have you checked it with a UV light? I would expect it to contain manganese and glow dull yellow green if genuinely UV-greyed

[Pinkspoons]

I'll check it out during the next bout of photography. 

[oldglassman]

HI All , Having just read through this thread I thought I would add my tuppence worth , I think I have to agree with previous comments that suggest modern, more than likely recycled glass, I have seen similar made in Gibraltar and I would also agree with a possible Mexican origin too ,all glass with this type of bubbly metal that i have seen in the past has had a modern origin and I have never come across anything like them that could be given a pre 20thc date,
  Not great news but I hope it helps,
Cheers ,
             Peter.