I’m a big fan of early repairs which drastically change the overall appearance of the piece. This tiny cut glass cordial, nearly 4.5 inches high, had a matching glass base which must have broken off over 150 years ago. Since there was no way to effectively repair the detached glass base, a tinker had to create a metal replacement. I assume the owner who had the repair done was thrilled to have a functioning cordial again, even though it must have stuck out like a sore thumb among the other “perfect” ones in the set.
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Perhaps the original base on my cordial glass was faceted like this example. We will never know.
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Photo courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass
Tags: glass, metal base
So funny. The little glass that could. The base makes it so stable that you could have 25 shots with it and never spill a drop 🙂
Thank you Scott!