Date & Origin
England, c1820. Period of George IV
Condition
There is a very thin hairline in the foot which happened at manufacture, the glass is 100% stable.
Dimensions
Height: 16.8cm Rim diameter: 10.8cm Foot diameter: 8.7cm.
Technical Description
A superb large glass rummer dating to the early 19th century. It has a bucket bowl above a ball knop stem and plain foot with a snapped pontil.
A magnificent example with a bowl well over 4 inches in diameter and holding over a pint.
Historical Relevance
Napoleon Bonaparte dies on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. He was kept there from October 1815 until May 5th 1821. At Longwood House he had written prose and dictated his last will and testament. One of his 'poems' contained the admission that 'I have stolen the fire of Heaven and made a gift of it to France.'
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