Kit Cat Wine Glass Balustroid Stem c1740

Description

Heading :Kit Kat Wine Glass
Period : George II c1740
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. Blue-grey tone
Bowl : Drawn trumpet
Stem : Tapered plain stem with an air beaded inverted baluster knop
Foot : High conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : Height 18.7cm, bowl 6.6, foot 7.2
Condition : Very good. A few scattered particles of clinker in the bowl and foot from manufacture.
Restoration : None
Weight: 181g

References : The original Kit-Cat club tooks its name from Christopher ( diminutive form ‘Kit’) Catling and the first recorded references to the club are with this exact spelling. He was London innkeeper at the venue used by the members and the fare included mutton pies known as Kit’s Cats.

This is not to be confused with the name devised by Rowntrees of York for a cholcolate bar or various cabaret venues Kit-Kat