A Georgian Baluster Stem Glass Salver (Top Tazza) c1760

Description

Heading : A Georgian Footed Glass Salver (Top Tazza)
Date : George III. c1760
Origin : England
Features : Double folded gallery rim; knopped plain stem; annular knop with air bubble at the top; basal ball knop. Domed folded foot
Marks : None
Type : Lead glass
Size : Height 10.3 cm. 13.3cm diameter
Condition : Excellent; no chips. cracks or flakes; one tiny sooty inclusion to the tray; part of the rim fold has not been 100% closed. and there is some residual dirt evident. trapped in the very thin void
Restoration : None
Weight : 402 grams
Note : Tazzas were invariably produced in sets of anything from three to five or six. graduating in size with the intention that they be stacked to produce a striking table display; this is the smallest of a set and hence is the ‘top tazza’ of the stack

References : Glass In 18th century England – The Footed Salver (Keith Kelsall – 1989) – page 122;   Starting To Collect Antique Glass (John Sandon – 1999) – page 92.