Following on from Michelle's thread about early drinking glasses - the attached pics. are some examples showing my 'flower vases'
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- with the printies/punties - also some rummers, ranging from the largest (marked '1 pint') to more usual sized examples. I suspect these are all pub glasses - most being rather crude and thick, and of basic shape. The smaller rummers are sometimes found with a slightly 'crazed' bottom of the inside of the bowl - which I now know indicates that they were used for 'hot toddies' - the rounghness being caused by using a pestle to grind the sugar in the bottom of the glass (so don't discard those as worthless). Although most have ground/polished pontil marks the odd one does have a gadget mark, so date wise they are probably nearer the end of the C19. For whatever reason, it seems that owners names are sometimes indicated (diamond point scratched??) - one of which has been obliterated, almost - although the other remains quite clear, but I can't make out what it says. Maybe when you went to the pub of an evening, you asked for 'your glass' - and they kept it especially for you.??
However, small but important point,.............correctly, the term 'printies/punties' can be applied to cut circles/ovals only --- similar shaped decorations produced by means of pressing, are called 'lenses' - I say this because some of the pub glasses are indeed pressed examples showing these cirlces and ovals.
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P.S. One of the glasses shown is not remotely C19 (not hard to spot really) - so who will be the winner of this 'Antiques Master' quiz??
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