English Port Wineglass

Object NamePort or Liqueur Glass

Factory Perrin, Geddes & Co.

Made FromLead Glass, presumably

Dateabout 1806-1810

Place MadeEngland, Warrington

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 11 cm; Rim Diam: 6.5 cm; Foot Diam: 6.75 cm

Accession Number50.2.123

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPort or Liqueur Glass. Colorless presumably lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. Deep bowl with heavy swirled gadroon-like cut ribs (trisected and with crested ends) around base from which sides rise straight to slight flare at plain rim; cut octagonal stem with relief- diamond knop below base of bowl; flaring octafoil foot with graduated flutes on underside, the ends of flutes forming scalloped edge of lobes; rope circlet engraved and polished on bowl above cut base and below engraved and polished Prince of Wales feathers.
Provenance

Source Cecil Davis - 1950-10-13

Former Collection King George Augustus Frederick IV (British, 1762-1830) - 1807
In 1806 the George, Prince of Wales (future George IV, reg. 1820-1830) visited the English city of Liverpool. In gratitude, the Council ordered a huge set of table glass for him from the local manufacturer Perrin, Geddes & Co. of Warrington. The set took over a year to make, and probably involved the work of a number of craftsmen.