A Rare & Very Unusual Victorian Glassware "Passion Meter" sub-Antiques very active

very active

amidst folk feasting

mythical and rather special quality

On the underside of the box are stamped the patent marks

A Rare & Very Unusual Victorian Glassware "Passion Meter" sub-Antiques very activeOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: N A Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 6. 75 inches The bulbed tube containing a mysterious amber liquid, and a delicately formed small lamp work bird. When held, clenched in palm, the bird rises (or not!) depending how passionate one is. If of fervent disposition the bird happily dances around on the rising bubbling amber current but if a damp squib, the chap sits calmly in his bed at the neck of