This huge epergne is almost 1 metre high and is one of the most amazing pieces of Scottish glass cutting ever completed. It was made in Edinburgh by John Ford's Royal Holyrood Flint Glassworks.

Your epergne is made from opalescent glass and has a lovely cranberry red lip-wrap. It appears to date from around 1880. In the Victorian era, clear glass was more common, ...

The epergne was donated to the museum by the Whangārei Ladies Gardening Club. Menu Search Herald. Subscribe Sign In. ... often made of silver, though could be made of glass, pottery or plate.