Date & Origin
England, c1870. Period of Victoria.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown.
Dimensions
Height: 8.5cm Diameter: 13.3cm.
Weight
346 grams
Technical Description
A superb pair of 19th century glass bowls. They are opalescent with crimped ruby red cranberry rims. The colour combination is rare and the vases were almost certainly used for flowers rather than for food.
Historical Relevance
On the 17 November 1869 the Suez Canal opens, linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Britain had opposed the building of the Suez Canal by an international company but changed its position in 1875 when Benjamin Disraeli's Conservative government bought 40% of the Canal Company's shares. The canal then became of vital strategic interest, particularly as a route to India and the Far East, and was protected by British troops from 1883.
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