An Unusual Mid 18th Century Dram Glass c1750

Description

Heading : An Unusual Mid 18th Century Dram Glass c1750
Period : George II
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Bell-shaped with a slightly thickened and everted rim.
Stem : Very short over a round basal knop
Foot : Conical and thickened. but not quite to ‘firing glass’ dimensions
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  8.7 cm height.  5.3 cm diameter bowl. 4.4 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks; bubbles throughout. two prominent mineral inclusions to the side of the bowl and two more to the foot which also has some extended bubbles and/or manufacturing creases
Restoration : None 
Weight:  81 grams 

Notes : This diminutive glass is most unusual; we’ve only seen a very few comparable examples. which tend to have solid. less conical feet – very much a firing glass. Perhaps this was for those of a more seemly disposition. who liked the odd tipple nonetheless. but without the fire and brimstone of the post-prandial cacophony…