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Many domestic and commercial items were made from glass, some more recognisable than others - e.g., lacemaker lamps & globes, friggers, patty pans, toddy lifters, stirrup cups & Nailsea objects.

Intriguing Georgian hand-blown glass bottle with old Sheffield Plate stopper & oblong case to fit.  Late 18th century (- after 1784, as maker's mark on lid).  
7"/18cm. h. in case.

GD637
Price £120

 
Rare to find tiny Georgian posy vase in opaque white glass enamelled with rose (rubbed), folded rims to lip & stand.
Late 18th century.  2 5/8"/6.5cm. h.

GC881
Price £45

Unusually large Georgian "boot" glass - said to have been made to ridicule the Earl of Bute, a hated Prime Minister of the 1760s.
6"/15cm. h.

GD667
Price £85

 
A 17th century rarity: engraved glass porringer with rib-moulded base on pedestal stem, 2 loop handles, engraved & blown-moulded cover.   c. 1680.  Probably from Kungsholm Glassworks, Sweden.   6 1/2"/17cm. h.  AF: crizzled (as to be expected), with repaired break.
GD168
Price £350

Georgian toddy lifter with plain neck & single finger hold, panel-cut shoulders on mallet-shaped bowl.  
c. 1800.  6 1/2"/16.5cm.

GD603
Price £120

Georgian opaline bowl on hollow knopped stem & domed folded foot.  
Late 18th century.  4 1/4"/11cm. h.

GD258
Price £95

 
Mid 20th century heavy frosted glass cylindrical vase, Swedish style.
7 1/2"/19cm. h.  Pale marks up one side (hence price)

GD91
Price £45

Decanters, carafes, jugs

Tazzas, sweetmeats, jellies

Table glass

Rummers

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Ale & champagne glasses

Smaller collectable glass

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