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Set of Five Green Vine Leaf Glasses
Set of Five Green Vine Leaf Glasses
Set of Five Green Vine Leaf Glasses
Set of Five Green Vine Leaf Glasses

Set of Five Green Vine Leaf Glasses

Datemid 19th Century
Object NameGlass
Mediumglass
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsOverall: Height: 18.2 cm
Base: Diameter: 7.7 cm
Top: Diameter: 6 cm
AcquisitionThe Leslie Thomson Bequest.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS000536
Keywords
About MeThis glass with a bulbous-shaped bowl belongs to a set of five matching glasses. They are decorated with engraved trailing vine leaves on hollow, green glass stems. The the top knop is decorated with raspberry prunts. The base is also hollow and conical. The glasses were made in either Germany or Czechoslovakia in the mid nineteenth century, and are copies of seventeenth century Dutch glass work.