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Glassware Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
A rare gambling glass tumbler.
WMLMT Classification:- Other
Description
"Date: Mid 1800’s.
Origin: English.
Style: A rare design of a panel cut tumbler with fairly thick walls and flat rim with the outside edge showing a small chamfer. Engraved with a star with ‘G’ in the middle. An alter with two pillars and square and compasses. There is a sealed compartment in the base containing two white dice for presumably gambling purposes. Normally these ‘gambling glasses’ are far smaller. The diameter is 8.5cm.
Base: The transparent container for the dice is 1.5cm deep with the overall base being 2.5cm deep. The pontil mark has been well ground out."
Properties
"Height: 9.8cm.
Glass: Clear soda.
Weight:427 grams.
Condition: There is a large crack running from the lower side and through the middle of the base. The crack is stable. Beside that it is in good condition."
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