Rare pair antique Regency period large heavy cut glass Irish Georgian campagna urns from Cork 1820 original.
Irish glass is amongst the most luxurious glassware of the Georgian period. These heavy cut Georgian pieces were made in the English owned factories in Cork and Waterford in Ireland and then shipped to England where they would be taxed upon arrival on the finished cut weight of the glass whereas in England the same taxes applied to the weight of English made glass before it was cut or ground
These examples displays the luxurious thickness and weight of glass used.
Irish Cork 1820