Georgian Air Twist Wine Glass With a Folded Foot c1745

Description

Heading : Georgian air twist wine glass
Date : c1745
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A drawn trumpet bowl
Stem : Multi spiral air twist
Foot : Conical and folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 15.5cm tall with a 6.6cm bowl and a 7.2cm folded foot
Condition : Very fine
Restoration : None
Weight : 111 grams

Additional Information : Folded feet are observed on approximately twenty percent of air twist stem wine glasses.

References : Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 150 Plate 392.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 82.

English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 81 Figure 36.

The Arthur Negus Guide To British Glass By John Brooks – Page 56 Plate 41.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 106.

Miller’s Collecting Glass By Sarah Yates – Page 55.

English Table Glass By E.M.Elville – Page 69 Plate 28.