Heading : Sunderland ale glasses
Period : Victoria
Origin : North East England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Tall round funnel with polished lenses above heavy wrythen moulding
Stem : Capstan with a drop knop
Foot : Low conical
Pontil : Moulded
Glass Type : Lead
Size : Height 21.8cm, bowl 8.8 and foot 8.3cm. One pint capacity
Condition : Excellent, one has a bubble trapped within the foot
Restoration : None
Weight: 1258g

Additional Information :Museum examples of an identical form held within collections in both the north east of England and the Victoria & Albert museum are attributed to Sunderland. The principal manufacturer of table glass at the time in the city of Sunderland was Turnbull’s Cornhill Flint Glass works based at Southwick. 

 

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