Date & Origin
England, c1910
Condition
Excellent, no chips cracks or restoration
Height: 11.7cm Diameter: 9.5cm
Technical Description
An early 20th century Whisky Tumbler in the shape of a Scottish thistle flower with engraved thistles and leaves around the rim and small diamond cuts below. Star cut base.
Although this design was copied by a number of manufacturers such as Edinburgh Crystal in the late 19th and early 20th century this is almost certainly a Rishardsons Stourbridge example and a very fine piece.
Historical Relevance
W. D. Boyce incorporates the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910. Fire kills 146 workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, on March 25, 1911 and President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act on March 2, 1917, establishing the right of U.S. citizenship to residents of Puerto Rico.
This item is out of stock.
