Georgian Firing Glass With Flanged Foot c1770

Description

Heading : Georgian Firing Glass With Flanged Foot
Date : c1770
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A drawn conical bowl
Stem : Plain
Foot : Flanged Firing Foot
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 9.1cm tall with a 5.5 cm bowl and a 5.0 cm foot
Condition : Very good; insignificant manufacturing inclusions – bubbles and solids. A light band of limescale clouding
Restoration : None
Weight : 141 grams

References : English Glass (Ward Lock – Page 133 Plate 75)

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence (Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 243)

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 145.