Georgian Somerset Wrythen Ale Glass c1780

Description

Heading : Georgian ale glass
Period : George II
Date : c1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Conical with wrythen moulding
Foot : Low conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 12.5cm tall with a 5.9cm bowl and 6.1cm foot  
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : The foot rim has been polished
Weight : 91 grams

Glasses of this type were produced for a long period. The foot is less conical than some and this may be indicative of an earlier date. The stem is comprised of a ball knop and cushion with short plain stem section. This is also indicative of an earlier date. later examples has blade knop collars. Finally the weight is comparable with earlier examples as this is quite thinly blown.

References:

Old English Drinking Glasses; their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Page 5 Plate II.4.

Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 63b.

The Turnbull Collection of English 18^th Century Drinking Glasses By Martine S. Newby – Page 11.

Dwarf Ale Glasses and their Victorian Successors By Stephen Parry – Page 2.

English Glass By Sydney Crompton – Plate 24.