Georgian Flamiform Ale Glass c1730

Description

Heading : Georgian ale glass
Period : George II
Date : c1710 – 1740
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Conical with flamiform moulding
Foot : Domed and folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 13.3cm tall with a 6.6cm bowl and 7cm foot  
Condition : 15mm annealing crack in the lower fold. This is from manufacture
Restoration : None
Weight : 133 grams

Glasses of this type were produced for a long period. The foot is domed and this is indicative of an earlier date. The stem is comprised of a blade knop ( merese) above a ball knop and cushion. This is also indicative of an earlier date. Finally the glass is not thinly blown as one would expect with very early examples.

References:

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Page 5 Plate II.4.

Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 63b.

The Turnbull Collection of English 18^th Century Drinking Glasses By Martine S. Newby – Page 11.

Dwarf Ale Glasses and their Victorian Successors By Stephen Parry – Page 2.

English Glass By Sydney Crompton – Plate 24.