Glass Goblet (Nova Scotia Raspberry and Shield)
Date1890s
Credit LineGift of Millicent Giddens, London, Ontario, 1973
Object number1973.007.008
Label TextLondoner Millicent Giddens bequeathed her extensive glass collection to the museum after her passing in 1941. Since 1905, Giddens and a group of friends known as "The Antiquarians" collected curios from vintage shops around the London area. This goblet is from her collection of pressed glassware. Pressed glass was first patented in 1825 by John P. Bakewell. It is formed by pressing molten glass into a mould with a plunger. It became an inexpensive way to mass-produce patterned glassware. This goblet is marked with a "Nova Scotia Raspberry and Shield" pattern. Trenton, Nova Scotia was a hub of glassmaking in Canada and this pattern was based on an illustrated advertisement for the Nova Scotia Glass Company. The vast variety of patterns available has made glassware popular with collectors.
NameGoblet
TRENTON GLASS WORKS
1880s to 1890s
