Georgian Firing Glass c1800

Description

Heading : A firing glass
Date : 1750 onwards to early 19th century
Period :  George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear with multiple inclusions
Bowl : Funnel. fine pucella marks
Stem : Plain with air tear
Foot : Thick firing foot. excellent mossing on wear line
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 10.2cm tall. 6.4cm bowl. 7.3cm foot
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight : 244 gms

The glass is quite bright but the mass itself contains multiple inclusions. There are good fold lines ( pucella marks) in the bowl. All the standard texts give date ranges from 1740 to 1780 for identical forms. We believe this to be too narrow a date range.