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 Presenting Colonel Merrill the giant

Presenting Colonel Merrill the giant tortoise

style and shape means she seamlessly slots into a modern interior or indeed as part of a more eclectic setup

but I don't weep

co-join each section together

There are a couple of small dints and the lids do have some uneven edges

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 Presenting Colonel Merrill the giantOrigin: 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