A Rare Acid-Etched & Frosted Glass Double Hands Dish from The World’s Fair, Boston, by John Ford & Co of Holyrood Glass Works, Edinburgh c.1875 antiques standing with hands in pockets

standing with hands in pockets

An inexpensive

with the top and sides showing a great deal of layered crusty paint

The piece could be further researched and we feel there is enough information in existence to prove its provenance beyond doubt

A Rare Acid-Etched & Frosted Glass Double Hands Dish from The World’s Fair, Boston, by John Ford & Co of Holyrood Glass Works, Edinburgh c.1875 antiques standing with hands in pocketsOrigin: British Period: Mid Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 6 Height: 1. 5 Width: 6. 25 Length: 7. 75 (all at extremities) The fine quality clear frosted and acid etched glass dish crisply modelled in the form of cupped hands or gowpen with a cluster of grapes and leaves at the wrist, sometimes called Queen Victoria's Hands, the base acid etched with the bee case English Registry diamond mark for parcel 8, class 111, for the 25th of