Oval-shaped Irish cut-glass dish Circa 1820 with gilded mount
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Oval-shaped Irish cut-glass dish Circa 1820 with gilded mount
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Oval-shaped Irish cut-glass dish Circa 1820 with gilded mount:
with star-cut base and scalloped edge, the gilded mount of rose and thistle design.
Height: | 3" | - | 7.5cm |
Width: | 9½" | - | 24cm |
Projection: | 6½" | - | 16.5cm |
Georgian
Covers the reigns of the four King Georges of England between 1714 and 1830. Simplicity, harmony, symmetry and airiness were characteristic of the period, which overlaps with Regency. See Adam's style.
cut glass
Often now referred to as 'crystal', the glass was blown and shaped, then passed to a specialist cutter, who would polish and cut patterns to enhance its brilliance.