Collectors Facts - Ringed Base style Water Sets, made in India

Tumblers and pitchers are known with a distinctive (stacked) ringed base. As well as having this characteristic base, the glass also has frosting (acid etching that looks white) and designs depicted in rich marigold iridescence.

They were almost certainly made in India in that they have the appearance and characteristics of other iridised and frosted pieces that have been attributed to makers in India.

Examples are still emerging, so this will be a work in progress. These are the patterns that we know of so far.

Bombay Bouquet - tumbler
Deco Garden - pitcher and tumbler
Destiny, also known as Peacock Tail Eye - pitcher and tumbler
Golden Swan - tumbler
Hunter - pitcher
Peacock Tail - tumbler
Pillars and Rings - tumbler
Sunrise and Lake - tumbler
Warriors - pitcher
Witny - pitcher

Tumblers

Left to right: Bombay Bouquet (courtesy Bob Smith), Deco Garden (courtesy Bob Smith), Golden Swan (courtesy Phil and Mary Leddy),
​Pillars and Rings (courtesy Bob Smith). Known tumbers not shown are Destiny, aka Peacock Tail Eye, Peacock Tail, and Sunrise and Lake.

Pitchers - Deco Garden, Destiny, Hunter, Warriors, and Witny.

Deco Garden

Deco Garden, courtesy Phil and Mary Leddy

Destiny (aka Peacock Tail Eye in tumbler shape)

Destiny (aka Peacock Tail Eye in tumbler shape), courtesy Jay Coleman

Hunter

Hunter, courtesy Jay Coleman

Warriors

​On one side there is a man holding a sword and a shield. The other side shows a woman holding - amazingly - what appears to be a revolver.

Warriors, courtesy Dick and Sherry

Witny

Witny, courtesy Jay Coleman

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