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Glassware Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry

A Victorian gambling dice glass.

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WMLMT Classification:- Firing Glass


Description

"Date: Late Victorian.

Origin: English.

Style: A small tumbler, slightly flared, being panel cut giving twelve sides and having a hollow base in which there are three dice. The rim is flat. The body is engraved with a square and compasses, a sun with a face, a triangle with a small eye, a moon with a face surrounded by seven stars. 5.5cm in diameter.

Base: Ground flat and 4.5cm in diameter. The hollow compartment containing three white dice with black markings is 1.5cm deep and above that there is a 1cm deep base."

Properties

"Height: 7.5 cm.

Glass: Clear soda.

Weight: 158 grams.

Condition: The condition is very good with no damage or repairs and the compartment is bright"

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