Wine Glasses


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1830-1850; 1840-1870
England

Eliza Ridgely’s account book records her extensive purchases of sets of wine glasses during the 1830s and 1840s. The two different sets [left are two of a set of four; right are two of a set of nine] pictured would have had at least a dozen glasses in each originally.

Glass. H 11.5, Dia 6.4 cm; H 11.5, Dia 5.3 cm
Hampton National Historic Site, HAMP 11409, 11410, 4115, 4116