К слову о раннем стекле. Приобрёл вот такой экземпляр. На дне, на мой взгляд буквы E и L чередуются.
Из обсуждения с зарубежными коллегами понял, что это Восточная Европа или Россия либо Прибалтика. Причём не Польша, не Чехия и т.д. На всякий случай приведу выдержки из переписки.
Jeff Noordsy Interesting piece. Eastern Europe I would assume?
Richard Leece Eastern Europe or possibly Russian.
Kevin Tupper without a transcription to examine the lettering in the photo borders on undecipherable. There are some Latin shaped characters in the Cyrillic alphabet. And it is worth remembering as well that some Eastern European Slavic languages use a Latin alphabet and not Cyrillic. A better photo of the bottom would help sort
Kevin Tupper Thanks. It is hard to make out, but I would say that based on what looks to me like a Latin “L” this is nonCyrillic. The Cyrillic has no letter shaped that way. The “L” sound is represented by a lambda-like letter vaguely similar to an upside down V. So probably not Russian, not Ukrainian, not Bosnian, not Serbian and not Macedonian.
Kevin Tupper And I would also add (and then i promise to shut up) that if there were any thought of making wares that might get exported, it is not unheard of for a Cyrillic alphabet user to prefer to use Latin letters on his wares.... not real common but not impossible.
Brian Hall First off, Kevin Tupper is 100% on target. I will also add that it likely isn't Polish, Czech, Slovakian, or Hungarian either. Based upon the glass character and vessel style, it might be Latvian. In any case, I'd give it 1st half 19th century.
