19th Century Slice Cut Wine Glass c1880

£55.00 $68.43 Product Code: 2021080303

Date & Origin 

Europe, c1880. 

Condition

Excellent, age-related wear, a few tiny pin pricks to the foot edge.

Dimensions

Height: 13.5cm Bowl Diameter: 6.5cm Foot Diameter: 7.5cm

Technical Description

A very unusual 19th-century wine glass with a heavy slice cut cup bowl above a slice cut collar above a hollow rib moulded stem. 

Historical Relevance 

Hand-blown around the time the first rugby international was played in Edinburgh, resulting in a 1–0 win by Scotland over England on the 27th of March 1871.

 

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