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Georgian "Vase and Flower" Pattern Mason's Patent Ironstone China
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a group of fourteen (14) hand-painted Mason's Ironstone luncheon plates, in the "Vase and Flower" gilded pattern, from their earliest George III Period, circa 1818. These pl...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Ironstone
"Quadrupeds", by John Hall-English Staffordshire-England c. 1825
By John Hall
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A deep cobalt blue glazed earthenware dinner plate from the "Quadruped" series. These transferware pieces were produced in the Burslem, Staffordshire area of England. The central med...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Prattware pottery ‘Lions’ plaque, Staffordshire, c. 1810.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
typical firing faults. No restoration.
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Staffordshire pottery Setter, Enoch Wood factory, c. 1820.
By Enoch Wood & Sons
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery pearlware figure of a Setter, Enoch Wood factory, c. 1820. Finely modelled as a recumbent Setter, upon a grassy mound base. The hound, painted with black hair, ...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Davenport terracotta wine cooler, c. 1810.
By Davenport Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine and rare Davenport terracotta wine cooler, c. 1810. The oval shaped pot, moulded with with continuous band of vine and grapes, suspended from amusing twin Bacchus mask handles...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
Prattware pottery racehorse, Yorkshire, c. 1820.
By Yorkshire Potteries
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Yorkshire pottery Prattware racehorse, c. 1820. The buff glazed horse, with tortoiseshell brown spotting, wearing a bridle, saddle, and saddlecloth, in blue enamel. He has dotted eye...
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Masons Ironstone Imari spill vase, c. 1820.
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Masons Ironstone pottery spill vase, c. 1820. The tall hexagonal shaped spill vase, vibrantly painted in Japanese Imari style, with a shaped panel containing a jardiniere of f...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Meissen porcelain shepherd & shepherdess, c. 1770.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine pair of Meissen porcelain figure groups, c.1765 -1775. Elaborately modelled by Carl Christoph Punct, as a shepherd and shepherdess, in 18th Century dress, and set upon open ro...
Category
Antique 1770s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Meissen figures ‘Vintner & Companion’, c. 1870.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Pair Meissen porcelain ‘Vintners & Companion’, c. 1870.
£1,550.00
A fine pair of Meissen porcelain figures, c. 1870. Modelled after Michel Victor Acier, and based on a drawing by Jo...
Category
Antique 1870s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire pearlware seated dog, c. 1830.
By Enoch Wood & Sons
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery pearlware seated dog, c. 1830. Attractively modelled, as a black spotted dog, seated upon a cushion.
The green and blue enamelled cushion, applied with two flow...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Pair Prattware Cupid wall pockets, Prestonpans, c. 1810.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Pair of large Prattware pottery wall pockets, Prestonpans, Scotland, c. 1810. The cornucopia shaped wall pockets, moulded with Cupid with a quiver of arrows suspended from swags of f...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Leeds Pottery banded cup and saucer, c. 1790.
By Leeds Pottery
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Leeds Pottery cup and saucer, c. 1790. Both pieces decorated with a broad band of powder blue slip, within a brown and white chequer board rim. All beneath a pearlware glaze.
The cup...
Category
Antique 1790s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pearlware
Pair Meissen porcelain covered and hen, c. 1920.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine and large pair of Meissen porcelain figures of a cockerel and a hen, c. 1920. Originally modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the plumage finely moulded, and heightened in vibrant ename...
Category
Vintage 1920s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire pottery bocage group, ‘Hairdresser’, c. 1820.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery bocage group of large size, ‘Hairdresser’, c. 1820. The very well modelled group, depicting a man curing the hair of a seated lady, whilst she looks in a hand m...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Ludwigsburg porcelain group, J.C. Haselmeyer, c. 1770.
By Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Ludwigsburg porcelain group, modelled by Johann Christoph Haselmeyer, c. 1770. A courting couple, dressed in 18th Century costume, seated upon rocks, before an elaborate rococo scrol...
Category
Antique 1770s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby porcelain grazing sheep, c. 1760.
By Derby
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Derby porcelain figure of a sheep, c. 1760. The finely modelled sheep, grazing amongst a flower strewn base, and painted with liver coloured spots.
Unusually, the base is hand...
Category
Antique 1760s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hochst porcelain teapot & cover, c. 1755.
By Höchst Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Hochst porcelain teapot and cover, c. 1755. The globular body, hand painted with a farmer and a shepherdess, seated beneath a tree, on a riverbank. The man holds a footed bowl of fru...
Category
Antique 1750s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester chestnut basket, James Giles decoration, c. 1770.
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine and rare Worcester porcelain chestnut basket, c. 1770. Hand painted in the London workshop of James Giles, with a a spray of flowers, within an elaborate gilt scroll and flowe...
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen ‘Puce Ground’ Porcelain Bowl, C. 1740
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Meissen porcelain bowl, c. 1740. The puce ground bowl, finely painted to the front, with a shaped panel, contains a couple wearing 18th Century costume, seated in a rural landscape. ...
Category
Antique 1740s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire Pottery Meat Plate ‘Regents Street, London’. Adams, c. 1830
By Adams
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery meat plate, Adams Pottery c. 1830. Printed in underglaze blue, with a titled scene of ‘Regents Quadrant’, London. Showing a view of of figures and a dog, before...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
H 13.39 in W 17.33 in D 13.39 in
Derby Porcelain Figure ‘Belisarius and Daughter’, c. 1820
By Derby
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Derby porcelain figure of Belisarius and his daughter, c. 1820. Probably modelled by J.J. Spangler, as a young woman, wearing 18th Century costume, supporting her elderly, bli...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Porter Mug, J.H. Smith, Dated 1820
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine and rare Coalport porcelain Porter Mug, dated 1820. The large mug with a blue ground, and finely painted by John Holmes Smith, with a scene of a man hunting deer, in an extens...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Staffirdshire Figures ‘Jobson & Nell’, Enoch Wood, circa 1820
By Enoch Wood & Sons
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Pair of Staffordshire pottery figures, probably Enoch Wood factory, circa 1820. The figures very well modelled as ‘Jobson and Nell’. The seated cobbler repairing a shoe, with a dog b...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
English Delft pancake plate, Long tailed bird, London, c. 1750.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Rare English delft pancake plate, London c. 1750. Naively hand painted to the centre, in polychrome enamels of underglaze blue, manganese, green and iron red, with an amusingly overs...
Category
Antique 1750s English Georgian Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Dutch Delft Serving Dish, Van Duyn Factory, c. 1765
By Delft
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare, large Dutch Delft rectangular shaped serving dish, Van Duyn factory, c. 1765. The deep dish, painted in blue, with a European scene of a farmer stood behind a deer, with farm...
Category
Antique 1760s Dutch Georgian Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Georgian Firing Glass Terraced Foot Opaque Twist c1760
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Terraced foot opaque twist Georgian firing glass c1760
Period : George II / George III
Category
Antique 1760s British Glass
Materials
Glass
Georgian Firing Glass with Lynn Rings and Opaque Twist Stem
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Georgian firing glass with Lynn rings and opaque twist stem
Period : George II / George
Category
Antique 1750s British Georgian Glass
Materials
Glass
18thC Georgian Firing Drinking Glass Engraved Bowl Cotton Twist Stem Ca 1765
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine, English, hand blown drinking glass, called a Firing Glass, made from lead glass in
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Crystal Serveware
Materials
Glass
H 3.63 in Dm 2.75 in L 3.63 in
A Group of Royal Crown Derby-Style Cobalt & Floral Hand-Painted China
Located in Dallas, TX
a 26 piece group of Royal Crown Derby-style cobalt, gilt and floral foliate shaped assorted dinner ware / China, not marked. England, circa 1835
MEASUREMENTS:
17 Plates 8.5" diame...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Georgian Ship's "Firing" Drinking Glass Hand-blown, English circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good hand-blown ship's or firing drinking glass, made in the George 111 or late George
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George III Glass
Materials
Glass
Whieldon type loving cup, Staffordshire, c. 1760.
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
‘Whieldon’ glazed creamware loving cup, Staffordshire, c. 1760. The thinly potted cup, rising from a circular pedestal circular foot, and having twin strap handles, with heart shaped...
Category
Antique 1760s Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Liverpool Delft Tile, John Sadler Print ‘the See Saw’, circa 1770
By Sadler and Green
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Georgian dress, in a rural setting. The lady, having fallen from the see saw, to the amusement of the man
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Delft
Rockingham Porcelain Pug Dog, C. 1835
By Rockingham
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
1/8”.
Depth: 4 cm, 1 1/2”.
Condition: Firing stress to right front leg - please see images for
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare and large Staffordshire porcelaneous ‘Babes in the Woods’ group, c. 1830.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire figure. It much more sophisticated and earlier in manufacture.
Condition – Some typical firing
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
H 13.51 in W 12.21 in D 6.89 in
Swansea porcelain plate. Floral sprays, c. 1815.
By Swansea Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Swansea porcelain plate, c. 1815. The shaped plate, painted to the centre, with a spray of flowers, within a circular, gilt panel. Surrounded by swags of flowers.
The border with fur...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Derby Two Part Vase. Daniel Lucas, C. 1810
By Derby
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An exceptional and rare Derby porcelain two part vase, c. 1810. Finely painted in the manner of Daniel Lucas, with an oval panel, depicting a traveller riding a donkey before a river...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Porcelain ‘Hunting’ Mug, C. 1775
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Worcester porcelain mug, c.1775. Printed, in underglaze blue, with scenes of me, hunting with guns. The first, a rare print, ‘The Man Holding a Gun’, depicting a man carrying his gun...
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rockingham porcelain ‘Toy bucket’, 1826 - 1830.
By Rockingham
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Rockingham porcelain ‘Toy bucket’, 1826-1830. Modelled as a small, conical shaped bucket, with a lowered swing handle.
Hand painted to the body with flowers, between gilt band...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire blue and white printed pail, c. 1830.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery printed blue and white pail, c. 1830. Decorated to the body, with a continuous scene of a mother and child, before a large urn of flowering plants, in a garden ...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Pair Staffordshire recumbent hounds. Enoch Wood, c. 1830.
By Enoch Wood & Sons
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A good pair of Staffordshire pottery figures of hounds. Enoch Wood factory, c. 1830. The recumbent hounds, wit( their front legs crossed, painted with brown markings, and wearing yel...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Obadiah Sherratt pottery Gardeners spill vase, Staffordshire, c. 1830.
By Obadiah Sherratt
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Obadiah Sherratt pottery spill vase, Staffordshire, c. 1830. Modelled as two gardeners standing either side of a large spill vase, on a grassy mound, over a rectangular base. He carr...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Yorkshire pottery Prattware Grandfather clock, c. 1810.
By Yorkshire Potteries
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Yorkshire pottery Prattware grandfather clock, possibly Mexborough, c. 1810. The longcase clock, well moulded with cherubs amongst graping vines, whilst the base moulded with a Class...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Meissen porcelain group, ‘The Good Mother’, c. 1870.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Meissen porcelain group, ‘The Good Mother’, c. 1870. Modelled after Michel Victor Acier, as a family group of a mother seated on a chair, playing cards with her children. She holds t...
Category
Antique 1870s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire Prattware lion, c. 1790.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery figure of a lion, c. 1790. The recumbent lion, covered in Pratt type glazes, laid upon a yellow mound base. Set upon a green glazed stepped pedestal base.
Havin...
Category
Antique 1790s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Sunderland Dixon Austin & Co. Pottery Creamware Frog Mug, ‘Good Ale’, C. 1815
By Dixon Austin & Co.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Dixon, Austin & Co., Sunderland pottery creamware Frog mug, ’Three Horseshoes’, and ‘Good Ale’, c. 1815. The mug printed, and hand coloured, with a tavern scene, of two gentlemen on ...
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Creamware
H 4.73 in W 4.73 in D 3.15 in
Rare Prattware Figure of a Gardener, circa 1790
By Pratt & Sons
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A very rare Pratt ware figure of a gardener, Staffordshire, circa 1790. Modelled as a bare footed young girl, wearing a long dress, decorated with spots. Unusually, she also wears a ...
Category
Antique 1790s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Meissen ‘Cris De Paris’, ‘Bakers Companion’, circa 1755
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Meissen porcelain figure, ‘Cris de Paris’ series, circa 1755. Finely modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler, as the ‘Bakers Companion’ – the young dancing girl, dressed in 18th century ...
Category
Antique 1750s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Octagonal Teabowl & Saucer, Famille Verte, circa 1753
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An exceptionally fine and early Worcester porcelain teabowl and saucer, circa 1753. Both of the thinly potted , octagonal pieces, very carefully drawn in famille verte enamels, after...
Category
Antique 1750s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Porcelain ‘Exotic Birds’ Cabbage Leaf Moulded Jug, c. 1770
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An exceptionally fine and large Worcester porcelain ‘Cabbage Leaf’ moulded jug, c. 1770. Beautifully hand painted in vibrant enamels, to either side, with luxuriant, large panels of ...
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Prattware Pottery Figure ‘Loyal Volunteer’, circa 1795
By Pratt & Sons
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Rare Staffordshire Prattware figure of a ‘Loyal Volunteer’, c. 1790. The soldier finely modelled, wearing military costume of the day, and holding a sword in his right hand.
He stan...
Category
Antique 1790s European Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
FBB Worcester porcelain coffee can, c. 1800.
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Barr Worcester porcelain coffer can, c. 1800. Finely hand painted in the manner of John Pennington, in sepia, with a figures fishing in a river, before a bridge, within a gilt lined ...
Category
Antique Early 1800s European Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine pair Minton porcelain vases & covers, ‘Four Seasons’ c. 1830.
By Minton
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An exceptionally fine and sumptuous pair of Minton porcelain ‘New Vases’, c. 1830. The Campana shaped pedestal vases, beautifully hand painted with titled scenes of revelling couples...
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Antique 1830s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen porcelain miniature vase, Kakiemon, c. 1735.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Meissen porcelain miniature vase, c. 1735. Hand painted in the Kakiemon style, with a yellow tiger before a bamboo, the reverse, with a flowering prunus tree.
The baluster shaped vas...
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Antique 1730s German Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English pottery ‘Canary Yellow’ silver lustre jug, c. 1820.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire or Yorkshire pottery ‘Canary Yellow’ and silver lustre jug, c. 1820. The globular body decorated in silver lustre with a continuous band of stylised floral scroll, heig...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Wedgwood black basalt mug, silver mounted, 1808.
By Wedgwood
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Wedgwood black basalt mug, with silver mount, dated 1808. The mug heavily moulded with a continuous band of entwined branches of oak leaves and acorns, between bands of overlapping l...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Prattware pottery ‘Macaroni’ tea caddy and cover, c. 1800.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
English pottery Prattware ‘Macaroni’ tea caddy and cover, c. 1800. Moulded to one side with ladies of high fashion, in elaborate 18th Century costume, whilst the reverse shows their ...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Prattware cottage money box, c. 1830. Yorkshire Potteries.
By Yorkshire Potteries
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Yorkshire pottery Prattware money box, c. 1830. Modelled as a cottage, with the two children at the upstairs windows, and an aperture in the roof to accept coins.
The gable ends havi...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Staffordshire pottery Tithe Pig bocage group, c. 1830.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Staffordshire pottery ‘Tithe Pig’ bocage group, c. 1830. Modelled as the three characters stood before a tree. The farmer holding a pig, his wife holding their baby, and the vicar, l...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Masons Ironstone bread crock & cover, c. 1815.
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Masons Ironstone bread crock and cover, c. 1815. Boldly decorated with the ‘Vase and Table’ pattern, in underglaze blue, and vibrant enamels. Having a profusion of large flowe...
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
English pearlware cow creamer, c. 1830.
By Staffordshire
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
English pearlware cow creamer and cover, c. 1830. The Staffordshire or North England pottery cow, set upon a rectangular base, and painted with large puce spots, its horns yellow. Th...
Category
Antique 1830s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of georgian firing glass for your home. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and earthenware, every item from our selection of georgian firing glass was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of georgian firing glass you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 19th Century. When you’re browsing for the right object in our assortment of georgian firing glass, those designed in Georgian styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of georgian firing glass over the years, but those crafted by Meissen Porcelain, Staffordshire and Coalport Porcelain are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for a piece of georgian firing glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $172 and can go as high as $12,765, while the average can fetch as much as $1,097.
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Questions About Georgian Firing Glass
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To identify Georgian glass, look for marks indicative of the manufacturing process. Authentic Georgian glass will have an indentation on the bottom called a pontil. In addition, you should see vertical striations in the glass. You'll find a wide variety of expertly vetted Georgian glass on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are a few tell-tale signs you can look for to determine whether your Georgian glass is real or fake. Authentic Georgian glass was created in three phases and then merged together. Look for the join at the base of the glass to the stem—this is the pontil scar or mark. Also, the foot of the glass will be wider than the bowl. Shop a collection of authentic Georgian glass from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Real Georgian glass was made during what is known as the Georgian period in the 17th and 18th centuries. The glass was made in three pieces: the base, stem and bowl. The process created several marks, which can help authenticate a piece of Georgian glass, including a pontil mark (found on the base) and vertical lines or marks around the bowl. Collectors should work with an appraiser to confirm the authenticity of Georgian glass. Find a selection of expertly vetted Georgian glass on 1stDibs.