SOLD – Georgian Engraved Ale Glass c1780

Description

This is a really nice Georgian Engraved Ale Glass which dates to around 1780.

It has a Conical Bowl nicely engraved with Hops and Barley above a small swelling knop and short Plain Stem with conical foot which has a rough snapped pontil.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. it measures 5 ¼ inches tall with a 2/4 inch bowl and 2 5/8 inch foot.

References :

Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses an Illustrated Guide By L.M Bickerton – Page 252 Plate 784.

Dwarf Ale Glasses and their Victorian Successors By Stephen Parry – Page 4.