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Jug
Cork Glass Company
(Workshop)
Jug, lead glass, concave base, bulbous body, cylindrical neck with pinched spout, thick loop handle with foliate moulding to the lower terminal, a thick trailed blue thread around the lip-rim and spout, the body of the jug wheel-engraved with a border of oval diapered reserves linked by diamond-shaped ornaments, to either side of the neck, short foliate borders.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50827
Creation/Production
Founded in 1783, following legislation which permitted the export of glass from Ireland, this firm closed in 1818.
Role: Production
Role: Workshop
Place: Cork
Period: 1800 ca
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.3
diam
(cm): 13
Width
(cm): 16.6
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 5
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
Blown
Forming
Applied Art
Manipulated
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Wheel-engraved
Engraved
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Lead glass
Metal oxides
Location
In store
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