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RD 399063
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A thick and heavy tumbler in amethyst / aubergine pressed glass, the flared sides having a broad plain rim above a chunky hobnail pattern; 4 inches tall.
Photo copyright wight-boy33.
The base bears the registry date lozenge for 7 June 1883 – Parcel 20 (though the date letter is indistinct, so the lozenge reads ? – K – M – 20). The only design registration for that date was RD 399063, and the registrant was J. Defries & Sons, London [Jonas Defries & Sons, 147 Houndsditch, City, London].
The base is also marked ½ P (presumably ½ pint capacity) and DEPOSE (the French term for registered). Although Derfries was the design registrant, the DEPOSE mark on the base might seem to point to a French manufacturer.
This appears to be the final Defries family glass design registration; see
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,51380.20.html
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