Evans. It was free-blown, with a rough pontil mark as evidence. Its two handles, decorative glass blobs called lily pads, and the threading around its neck were applied by hand. The vase’s ...

They are free-blown using a pontil, or punty, which is an iron rod used to hold glass during the glass-making process. Upon discovery, the bottles were covered in sand, shells and other aquatic ...

but these can easily be distinguished from 19th century ones by the better quality of the glass, the lack of wear, and the fact that the pontil mark has been polished out. Victorian examples ...

In this particular case, the pontil mark at the centre of the base is the ... However after major exhibitions of Whitefriars Glass at Manchester City Museum and the Museum of London in 1996 ...