Tall Georgian Somerset Wrythen Ale Glass c176

Description

Heading : Georgian ale glass
Period : George II
Date : c1750 – 1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Conical with wrythen moulding
Foot : Low conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 13.8cm tall with a 6.2cm bowl and 7.1cm foot  
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight : 157 grams

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.

Glasses of this type were produced for a long period. The foot is less conical than some and this may be 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 weight is comparable with earlier examples as this is quite thinly blown.