Two Engraved 18th Century Gin Glasses c1780

Description

Heading : Two Georgian gin glasses
Period : George III c1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Funnel bowls. The shorter engraved with ear of barley and rose petals. the second with rococo swags and pendants
Stem : One plain. the other rib moulded. a continuation of the petal moulding in the bowl
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Good. no chips or cracks
Size :  Taller: Height 12.2cms. bowl 6.0cms. foot 6.5cms
Condition : The foot on the shorter glass has been reduced and polished.
Restoration : The foot on the shorter glass has been reduced and polished.The foot on the shorter glass has been reduced 

Weight:   216g combined

Rose petals were one of the earliest botanicals used for flavouring ‘jenever’