Six Victorian Engraved Amber Wine Glasses c.1870

Superb set of six 19th Century antique amber wine glasses. They have ogee bowls with a band of cut and engraved festoons with engraved fleur-de-lis above each swag. A band of slice cuts at the base of the bowl above angular knop stems. Conical feet with snapped pontils. A rare set of glasses which we dont recall seeing before. Date & Origin:- England or Continental, c1870. Period of Victoria Historical Context:- Richard Oastler led what is now known as the ‘ten hour movement’ to improve the working lives of factory workers, especially children, and became known as the ‘factory king’. His work, along with that of Shaftesbury and others led to the Ten Hours act in 1847. The act meant that women and children working in cotton mills could not be made to work more than ten hours in one day. In 1867, six years after his death, the act was widened to include women and children working in all factories.