Large Barrel glass from Holmegaard, 13 cm.
Item number: 564503
Description: Height 13 cm.
The glass have a snapped pontil underneath which indicates its from before 1880. The glass have tear and wear on the cuppa, so it seems a little dull, but is in otherwise dine condition.
Barrel glass is showed in Danish glass catalogs from 1850 and until the 1920s.
They are made at Holmegaard under the name Tøndeglas(Barrel glass) and on Aalborg Glassworks under the name Baril.
Aalborg Glasworks stops making them around the 1900's but Holmegaard continues the production for 20 years.
Item number: 11828
This item can be purchased at:
Harsted Antik
Store Kongensgade 94, kl
1264 København K
40 35 54 85
