Victorian Bristol Blue Nailsea Glass Rolling Pin

~ Victorian Bristol Blue Nailsea Glass Rolling Pin ~

It has a hanging ribbon and a wax seal (of an anchor) to one end.

These glass rolling pins were filled with warm water to stop the pastry sticking to it.

~ Nailsea Glass ~

Nailsea Glassworks was a glass manufacturing factory in Nailsea in the English county of Somerset. The remaining structures have been designated as a scheduled monument.

The factory making bottle glass and some window glass opened in 1788 and closed in 1873. Little remains of the site, however it was excavated and preserved under sand before a supermarket was built opposite.

The glassworks was established by John Robert Lucas, in 1788 because of the plentiful supply of coal for the furnaces, from Elms colliery and other local mines of the Nailsea Basin and outlier of the Bristol Coalfield. The choice of site may also have been influenced by plans for the Grand Western Canal which was planned to include a branch to Nailsea. Lucas had previously had interests in a brewery and glassworks in Bristol and another at Stanton Wick. The company initially traded as “Nailsea Crown Glass and Glass Bottle Manufacturers”. Lucas originally built two “cones”: one for window glass and the other to make bottle glass.

~ Condition ~

Please refer to the images for the condition.

~ Dimensions ~

The rolling pin is 36cm (14 inches) in total length.