18th Century Lynn Glass with Opaque Twist Stem c1760

Description

Heading : 18th Century Lynn glass with Opaque Twist Stem
Period : George II- George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round funnel with three well defined Lynn rings
Stem : A fine multi-ply spiral band outside a pair of corkscrew threads
Foot : Conocal
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  Height 13.8cm. bowl 4.7cm and foot 6.5cm
Condition : Excellent.
Restoration : None
Weight: 131g

Additional Information : Lynn glass is a generic term for 18th glassware which is identified by this sort of horizontal banding. It’s a simply-applied ornamentation. which is also regularly referred to as “Lynn moulding” in spite of actually being a tooled finish rather than one which is moulded in any way.

For more on ‘Lynn’ glass please see our blog post “Lynn glass an 18th century puzzle”

References : An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass By Harold Newman – Page 190.