Hi all, I'm enjoying the discussion on the GR etched onto the curved ground ponytail of this rather ordinary carafe. I am lucky enough tow own two of these and I hope to have a third one soon. The discussion has made me examine my own carafes more closely and in my opinion there is no arrow.
It is the stylised capital for the letter G to distinguish it from a capital C. As already suggested this stands for King George (Rex). Some of them have G V1 R as in George the 6th. This one could be from his reign. If there is evidence of this type of manufacture in the reign of George V then it could be from this era also. I will try to attach a blown up drawing of the etching to illustrate the style and the 3D effect that the etching displays. I hope this is helpful and is quite different from any arrow mark to indicate War Department and which is always displayed separately. I have been told that these carafes were used by the services and no doubt in a mess environment for port, wine, or water,
They could also have been Goverment issue of the day.
I think if they were for a pub or hotel they would have advertised their name on the front of the vessel.
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