Large, waisted or incurve-sided, cylindrical ring or stand holding a clear, cobalt blue, blown circular bowl with everted rim. Ring features a pierced and repousse chased, rococo-style design of C scrolls and trailing flowers interrupted by two asymmetrical C scroll reserves, one engraved with a gothic or Old English "C". Outside of foot ring is struck on opposite sides "E. JOHNSON L\TD" in incuse sans serif letters and with a series of four hallmarks in clipped-corner squares, "EJ" superimposed, Hibernia seated to the left, a crowned harp, and a raised gothic or Old English "Q".
Maker is Edmond Johnson, Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. Firm dated back to the 1760s, but became Edmond Johnson in 1870 and Edmond Johnson Ltd. in 1902; conjoined "EJ" mark used after 1893.