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Until the making of the Prince of Wales service, however, no glass cutter had dared to treat the foot, stem and bowl as separate elements. In this service, each has its own geometric or curving design. The impact made by this design is shown by the fact that it was reproduced in the mid-19th century and again reissued about 1900.<br><br><b>People</b><br>In 1806 the Prince of Wales made a grand visit to Liverpool. This visit effectively endorsed that wealthy city's association with the contentious slave trade. In gratitude to the Prince, the Council ordered a huge suite of table glass for him from the local manufacturer Perrin, Geddes & Co. of Warrington. When it arrived, the Prince thanked them for 'the most beautiful and ornamental specimens he ever saw of this valuable manufacture'.<br><br>It seems probable that for such an extremely expensive service, which took over a year to make, other craftsmen may have been involved. The local glass-cutter John Unsworth, who styled himself 'Manufacturer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales', may have been one.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>Ceramics are the most portable of household possessions. Exactly where the Prince first used this service is not known.  The remains - thirteen coolers, forty four decanters of two sizes, and seventy one glasses of three sizes - are now at Windsor Castle. This particular example, which somehow escaped from the Royal Collections, appears to correspond with the original order for claret or wine glasses.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Perrin, Geddes & Co.","id":"A9191"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Glass, cut and engraved with the cypher of the Prince of Wales","categories":[{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[{"text":"BRITAIN","id":"AAT111159"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM6458","2006BE7846"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"120 (VA)","id":"THES49226"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":"11"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Glass","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Warrington","id":"x29248"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1806-1808","earliest":"1806-01-01","latest":"1808-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"12.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Engraved with the Prince of Wales' crest and motto","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made by Perrin, Geddes & Co., Warrington, Lancashire","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Wine glass with the arms of the Prince of Wales, England (Warrington), made by Perrin, Geddes & Co, 1806-1808","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Charles Truman, English Glassware to 1900 (1984) pl.25.  Howard Coutts, 'London Cut Glass. The Work of John Blades and Messrs Jones', Antique Collecting, June 1987.  Cherry & Richard Gray, 'The Prince's Glasses. Some WQarrington Cut Glass 1806-1811', Journal of the Glass Ass. Vol.2, 1987."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"From a service made for the Prince of Wales in 1806-8.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"British Galleries:\r\nThis glass is part of the same set as the decanter. 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