A Rare Georgian Sweetmeat Glass Dish c1770

Description

Heading : A small Georgian sweetmeat dish
Period : George III c1770
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear . good grey hue
Bowl : Coupe shaped. neoclassical engraved band
Stem : Plain with medial ball knop
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  6cms height.  9.6cm diameter bowl. 6.0 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks . There is a little clinker in the glass
Restoration : None 
Weight: 135 grams 

The same diminutive sweetmeat dishes are known from the very early 18th century. They evidently became less fashionable as the century progressed. The conical foot and absence of a fold is a good evidence that this was produced in the second half the the 18th century. The neoclassical engraving was not fashionable until 1760 and it would have been more elaborate if engraved in the latter few decades of the century.