Old English glasses. An account of glass drinking vessels in England, from early times to the end of the eighteenth century. With introductory notices, original documents, etc by Hartshorne Albert b. 1839

Author:Hartshorne, Albert, b. 1839
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Glass manufacture, Glassware -- Great Britain, Wine and wine making -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, New York, E. Arnold
Published: 1897-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. 165. (Une sixth.)

Fig. 166. (One third.

Fig. 167. (One third.)

duration of their production not long—for they were the precursors of a lengthy series and soon lapsed into simplicity—they have been neglected by collectors, owing to lack of knowledge regarding them, in favour of later glasses of more artistic merit; as with the Venice-made examples, the folded foot is an almost

Fig. 16S. (One third.)

Fig. 169. (One third.)

Fig. 170. (One third.

Fig. 171. (One third.)

invariable feature of the English glasses of this time, but many of them are so odd that they do not lend themselves readily to classification (Figs. 168-170). Certain rare and heavy wine-glasses, with deeply pressed funnel-shaped bowls, folded feet similarly treated, and moulded stems, belong also to this series

a chalice, apparently in a Staffordshire parish, in of the glass dispels the picturesque record, but it unhappy Puritan times, when the sacred silver has interest of its own. vessel had been hidden for safety. The character

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