High Quality Engraved Lead Crystal Wine Glass in Classical Style c.1860s

This is a high-quality lead crystal wine glass, maker unknown but dating to between 1860 and 1870.

The capacious bowl is decorated just below the rim with a ring of small matte dots surmounting a fine circumferential line. There is a band of thick matte vertical stripes alternating with fine vertical lines. This is bordered above and below by a thick circumferential band in matte. There is a fine circumferential line above the base, which merges imperceptibly with the long, straight stem.

The foot is plain and has a central polished pontil.

This glass is very similar to a suite produced by James Powell & Sons of Whitefriars in 1865. The matte dots below the rim are the only visible difference between the two, but I cannot say for certain that this is attributable to Whitefriars. 

It has a height of approximately 12.3cm, with a diameter at the rim of about 7.3cm and across the foot of about 6.5cm.

It has a liquid capacity (to the brim) of 160ml.

It has an unwrapped weight of 70g.

It is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks.