Description
A very nice set of four Georgian ale glasses which date to c1790.
They have conical bowl with full wrythen moulding. Each has a small basal knop above a conical foot with rough pontil. English lead. no chisp cracks or restoration to any glass. they measure between 4 ¾ inches tall and 5 1/8 inches tall. Nice harlequin set for the dinner table.
References :
English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 217 Figure 171.
Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 62i and 63a.
Starting to Collect Antique Glass By John Sandon – Page 93.
The Turnbull Collection of English 18th Century Drinking Glasses By Martine S. Newby – Page 11.
Dwarf Ale Glasses and their Victorian Successors By Stephen Parry – Page 2.
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