An Opaque Twist Stem Firing Glass c1770

Description

Heading :  Georgian Firing Glass With Opaque Twist Stem

Date : 1760-1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A trumpet bowl. good pucella marks
Stem : Double series opaque twist consisting of four spiral tapes surrounding a gauze
Foot : Thickened conical firing foot
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 11.5cm tall with a 6.8cm bowl and a 6.7cm foot
Condition : Two small bubbles and a tiny patch of clinker to the bowl; half a dozen bubbles to the foot with some residual dirt and a larhe piece of clinker in the pontil scar
Restoration : None
Weight : 179 grams