Date & Origin
England, c1870. Period of Victoria.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown, no chips or cracks
Dimensions
Height: 17cm Bowl diameter: 6.4cm Foot diameter: 7.3cm.
Weight
389 grams combined
Technical Description
A beautiful set of six 9th-century composite stem wine glasses. They have round funnel bowls delicately engraved with flower swags hanging from a band of oval cuts. Composite stems consisting of an annulated knop, angular knop and opaque twist section with a white multi spiral outside a red and white spiral band. Conicalfoot with snapped pontil.
Magnificant quality and workmanship.
Historical Relevance
Hand-blown around the time of the Franco-Prussian War, also known as the war of 1870 in France.
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