A Weighty 18th Century Firing Glass

Description

Heading : An 18th Century Firing Glass
Date: c 1780
Period: George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Drawn trumpet. good pucella marks
Stem : Tapered plain
Foot : Terraced conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  9.4cm height. 6.5cm diameter bowl. 6.8cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks. Extensive wear on the underside of the foot. Two pieces of black clinker within the foot. Some short light scratched inside the base of the bowl
Restoration : None 
Weight:  287 grams