Set of Eight Georgian Anglo-Irish Bucket Bowled Port Wine Glasses c.1820

This is a stunning example of a set of eight, high-quality lead crystal port wine glasses in Anglo-Irish style and dating to around 1820 to 1830.

The bucket-shaped bowl is cut around the centre with a deep, circumferential mitre. This is surmounted by four large, angular leaf-shaped panels. Two are filled with raised diamonds, and two have a central mitre cut flanked by a blaze of fine needle cuts. The lower half of the bowl is thickened and cut with eleven (11) vertical facets.

There is a broad, discoid collar at the junction of the bowl and stem, and another at the junction with the foot. The stem has a central discoid knop.

The foot is broad, plain, and has a central polished pontil.

Each glass has a height of approximately 10.4cm and a diameter across the rim of about 5.7cm. There are some differences in the sizes of the feet (see pictures). The largest has a diameter of 6.3cm, and the smallest has a diameter of 5.7cm.

Each glass has a liquid capacity (to the brim) of 70ml.

They have an unwrapped weight of 1000g.

They are in very good condition, with two of the eight having very minor grazes to their feet (see pictures). The one on the underside of the foot measures 2mm wide, and the longer one on the edge of the other foot measures 3mm wide. There are a few enclosed bubbles within the glasses, which are manufacturing artefacts.