SOLD – 18th Century Flamiform Ale Glass c1740

Description

Heading : Flamiform ale glass  
Date : c1740
Period :  George II
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Conical
Bowl Features : Tight flamiform moulding  
Stem : Rudimentary with shoulder knop
Foot : Plain
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 5 1/8 inches tall with a 2 ¼ inch bowl and 2 ¾ inch foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 112 Grams

Similar glasses may be seen in English Glass- Sydney Compton plate 24. Compton is adamant that the “heavy gadrooning” is indicative of an earlier date . late 17th century. In English Glass- RJ Charleston. he too plumps for an earlier date based on the heavy moulding. In our view this example was made between 1730 and 1750. It does not have a folded foot. the glass is brighter than one would anticipate with earlier glasses and is not “soapy” a quality one usually exepcts from earlier examples with a higher potash content. This form clearly became “dated” towards the middle of the 18th century and was surpassed by the more common “wrythen” moulded forms

Delomosne currently have a selction of similar forms for sale and these are worth viewing.

References :

English Glass By Ward Lock – Page 93 Plate 24.

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

The Arthur Negus Guide To British Glass By John Brooks – Page 87 Plate 73.

Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 63b.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 134.

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.