Mid to late 19th. Ebonised finish. I'd use steampunk as a KW, too. Don't fiddle with it, it's rather cool.
Hm. I'll accept the big snuff idea, but that almost cuneiform hand punching is very typically Indian.
You do need a stem for sherry glasses, as otherwise the drink gets too warm. I take my malt in a good cut crystal glass with literally a few drops...
The proper shape for a sherry glass is the copita. Nothing else will do.
Aha. That sounds right. I'd forgotten that one. I keep thinking that the mark is one of those shopping channels but my brain may be on the wrong...
Much too big for snuff. I think it's simply an Indian brass embossed box for wotsits.
I don't think saphiret either - that thing is refracting far too much. Some kind of lab stone/CZ with an AB coating. I've seen that mark. Bother.
Nice old late 18th or early 19th C English legs. The bottom has certainly been played about with, that piece does look newer. Now I can see...
It's reconstituted amber - that back is the clue, as is the sort of bubble effect in it . Very recent. Nothing wrong with it, it simply isn't one...
The Nailsea ones aren't slag either. I agree - this is not slag. I'm a bit surprised at the comment on the yellow: facon de venise and other...
Bits of grit picked up in the gather. Quite common. Won't be charcoal, that would vaporise.
That's why I think it's a lot older than the 19th.
Yup, chatelaines were in use here in Elizabethan times. Your bottle may not have been for a chatelaine, though, they also exist as standalones....
It's not always made from adding waste iron ore, Walter. Davidson and some other English makers simply mixed coloured glasses. Good article...
I agree, not moulded at all. It's also very like scent flask bottles made in Nailsea. There were similar made on Murano, but I'd expect the glass...
Fascinating! I would never have guessed at Italian. Thanks Walter.
Over here, they sold Clarice Cliff and a fair few other decent things, like Homemaker china.
Most welcome. I really like staple repairs, I've a huge piece of old cut glass done that way.
Yup, Imari pallette rather than any of the Gaudy stuff. I've not seen that mark and I don't think they're British. Gut feel is relatively modern...
English in what's called the Imari pallette. Early to mid 19th C and almost impossible to attribute to a factory. Someone did indeed treasure them.
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