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Even the common imported Venetian types, originally much more numerous than English products, are extremely rare today. Soda glass was not only light in weight but could be blown paper thin. The lead glass that was developed by the glassmaker George Ravenscroft in the 1670s was much preferred, in spite of its much higher price. This suggests that the British public considered the fragile soda glass to be an expendable luxury.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>The most valued or the least used objects are often the ones that tend to survive. Certainly, a comparatively large number of glass posset pots do survive, in spite of their being used with hot liquids. This  may be the cause of the crack in this example, which was originally repaired with wire rivets. Posset, consisting of warm milk curdled with ale and often thickened with eggs, was drunk only in the winter. By the end of the 17th century it was no longer considered fashionable. A number of these redundant posset pots have been re-discovered in the pantries of wealthy households.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soda glass, with early repairs using rivets","categories":[{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"}],"styles":[{"text":"BRITAIN","id":"AAT111159"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM7104"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56D","id":"THES49242"},"free":"","case":"CA13","shelf":"","box":"23"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"cups","id":"AAT43202"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1660-1670","earliest":"1660-01-01","latest":"1670-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Mrs Margaret Alice Barlow","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including spout","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"11.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including handles","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"10","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including spout","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"7.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"0.13","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"26/02/2016","earliest":"2016-02-26","latest":"2016-02-26"},"part":"","note":"Weighed"}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 06/06/2000 by KB","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Probably made in the glasshouse of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham at Greenwich, London","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Posset pot, Italy or England, , 1660-1670, C.170-1918  .","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"of the type ordered by the London glass seller John Greene from the Morelli glasshouse at Venice","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"British Galleries:\r\nVENETIAN AND LONDON-MADE SODA GLASS<br>\r\nThroughout the 17th century the demand for clear glass was satisfied partly by home-produced articles and partly by regular imports from Venice. After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, the wealthy Duke of Buckingham received a patent to make 'Venice Christall'. One of his glasshouses at Greenwich produced thin soda-glass vessels, while another at Vauxhall produced mirror plates. Few of his products, which were significantly cheaper than Venetian glass, have survived.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.170-1918"],"accessionNumberNum":"170","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1918,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Glass gallery number","id":"THES50491"},"number":""}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2026PL7504","2026PL7503","2019LP9170","2019LR4095","2019LU6486"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-25","recordCreationDate":"1997-12-13","availableToBook":false}}