Georgian Wine Glass With Air Twist Stem And Folded Foot

Description

Heading : Georgian Wine Glass With Air Twist Stem And Folded Foot
Period : George II c1745
Origin : England
Colour : Clear, good blue-grey tone
Bowl :Bell shaped with air beaded rosette in the base
Stem : Multi spiral air twist with large ball knop
Foot : Conical and folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : Height 16.7cm, bowl 7.1 and foot 7.8
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight: 216g

Additional Information : This is most probaby English however examples of this style were made in Norway. This however lacks the very dark hue that we have seen in glasses attributed to Hurdal and Nostetangen

References :

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 165 Plate 450.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 85 and 86.

Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 51b.