Blue Absolon Tumbler C1795

Rare Absolon blue barrel tumbler gilded with the verse ‘Friendship’s the Greatest Gift We Mortals Share / It Heightens Pleasure, Softens Every Care’ the reverse ‘A Trifle from Yarmouth / Love and Live Happy’. C1795.

Condition: Good with no chips, cracks or restoration. Some typical wear to the gilding.

Absolon appears to have started decorating glass after his move 25 Market Row Gt. Yarmouth in 1789. 

The base with a A Churchill label. 

Illustrated Glass in Norfolk A History of Glassmaking and decoration in Norfolk by Dr David R M Stuart 1997. Fig. 45, p.25.