Gordon Mcfarlan
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Lot 218
A RICHARDSON'S PATENT GLASS WHISKY MEASURECirca 1870-5
14 – 15 October 2021, 14:00 BST
EdinburghSold for £242.25 inc. premium
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A RICHARDSON'S PATENT GLASS WHISKY MEASURE
Circa 1870-5
Of ovoid form, cut with printies and engraved 'Richardson's Patent' and marked 1/4 Gill, with a wheel-engraved line to the neck and a stamped lead seal bearing the arms of the City of Glasgow, 10cm high; together with a collection of nine Victorian glass whisky measures of various sizes. (10)
Of ovoid form, cut with printies and engraved 'Richardson's Patent' and marked 1/4 Gill, with a wheel-engraved line to the neck and a stamped lead seal bearing the arms of the City of Glasgow, 10cm high; together with a collection of nine Victorian glass whisky measures of various sizes. (10)
Footnotes
These distinctive measures were developed by William Haden Richardson of the Stourbridge glass-making family. On 31st December 1869, whilst manager of James Couper and Sons in Glasgow, Richardson took out a patent for the invention of: 'a new method of indicating stamping with the standard mark or otherwise crystal or glass measures for containing spirits, beer and other liquids'. The metal insert was stamped by an inspector of the Board of Trade. A set four of these measures is illustrated in the Exhibition catalogue From Palace to Parlour: A Celebration of 19th Century Glass, The Wallace collection, 2003, page 22.