Tall Georgian Somerset Wrythened Ale Glass c1765

Description

Heading : Georgian ale glass
Period : George II
Date : c1750 – 1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Conical with wrythen moulding. The moulding transitions from near vertical to horizontal as it approached the rim
Foot : 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.