Rare Anglo Irish Amber Cut Glass Centerpiece Boat Bowl c. 1800-1825

Description: Anglo Irish Amber Cut Glass11" Footed Boat Bowl.c.1800-1825Rare fantastic piece this patternoriginates in 18th Century Irelanddesigned after the Viking Ships thatinvaded and settled the country. This would have been a piece owned by a wealthy household.10 7/8" long 7 1/2" high5 9/16" front to back.Beautiful finely cut piece.Cheers : )Excellent antique condition.Some minor chips as shownpointing with stick. Background:Imagine being invited to dine at a well-appointed house in Philadelphia, New York City, or Charleston at the end of the 18th century. You are welcomed into the house by a servant and led into the reception room by your hosts. After exchanging pleasant conversation, you are escorted into a dining room arrayed with fine china and brilliantly cut glassware. The room is illuminated by a large candlelit chandelier, as well as candlesticks and candelabras. The overall effect is glittering and prismatic. Much of this cut glass would have been made in Ireland. Even today, when we think of cut glass, an Irish company-Waterford-is the first name that comes to mind. Ireland's Glass Industry In the 18th century, glassmakers in England and Ireland (which was part of Great Britain) created exquisite glassware known as Anglo-Irish glass. These English and Irish craftsmen had learned techniques for producing fine glass from the Venetian artisans who had dominated European high end glassmaking prior to this time. Yet, these English and Irish artisans evolved a distinct recipe that differed in its composition from Venetian glass: a mixture containing calcinated flints and pebbles, and employing lead oxide as a flux, or binder. The lead gave their glass a higher degree of refraction, creating glass that, when cut, could exude a brilliance unseen in previous European wares, greatlv increasing its reflective qualities. In the shadow. candlelit rooms of the 18th century, this increased illumination was very welcome. Soon, these English and Irish glassmakers specialized in cut glass-clear glass, not colored, since it better showed the brilliance of the faceting. These English and Irish makers built factories during the first half of the 18th century as the unique refractive guality of their alass gained them worldwide fame. As part of the British Empire Ireland was subject to British trade policies. Indeed from 1745 until 1780 the Irish glass industry was not allowed to compete with English-made glass within the British Empire. rich entrepreneurs nut pressure on the British Parliament and in 1780 all restrictions were lifted This "Period of Freedom" as it was known, continued until 1825, when Parliament reinstated the tariffs. During this relatively brief span, the Irish glass houses of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Waterford produced incomparable wares. based on contemporary Enalish desians. During this period of free trade. Irish Glassmakers exported a large amount of glassware of all kinds everything from tiny salt cellars and wine glasses to large scale candelabras and chandeliers

Price: 550 USD

Location: Hillside, New Jersey

End Time: 2025-02-04T15:07:03.000Z

Shipping Cost: 28 USD