A Large Half Wrythened Ale Glass c1780

Description

Heading : A Large Half-Wrythened Ale Glass
Period : George III
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Conical with wrythen moulding to lower two thirds 
Stem : Partly flattened ball knop over a short tapering stem
Foot : Conical with the merest hint of a dome
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size : 14.3 cm height. 7.1 cm diameter bowl. 7.9 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks; mossing to the foot rim; twisted fold lines to the otherwise clear upper-part of the bowl
Restoration : None 

Weight: 204 grams