18th Century Double Knop Air Twist Wine Glass

Description

Heading : Georgian air twist wine glass
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A bell bowl
Stem : Multi spiral air twist with shoulder and central knops
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 17.7cm tall with a 7.4cm bowl and a 7.4cm foot   
Condition : One chip in the rim measuring 2mm at maximum extent. as shown in images
Restoration : None
Weight : 184 grams

References :

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 172 Plate 479.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 94.

English Table Glass By Percy Bate – Plate 59.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 130.

English & Irish Glass By W. A. Thorpe – Figure 18f.