Saxon Baluster Stem Domed Foot Wine Glass c1770

Description

Heading : Saxon baluster stem domed foot wine glass
Period : Leopold II – c1770
Origin : Saxony. Germany ( probably Dresden)
Colour : Clear with grey hue
Bowl : Bell
Stem : Baluster stem with plain section above an angular knop with a single air tear. 
Foot : Domed folded
Pontil : Snapped 
Glass Type : Lead-free – the grey hue in Saxon glass is a result of doping the glass with manganese oxide to disguise the green tinge iron oxide produces in glass. 
Size : 16.8cm height. 7.2cm diameter bowl. 8.2cm diameter foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None
Weight: 214 grams