Description
Heading : Georgian air twist wine glass
Date : c1750
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A drawn trumpet bowl
Stem : Multi-spiral air twist
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 16.5cm tall with a 6.8cm bowl and a 7cm foot
Condition : One chip in the foot measuring 2mm at widest
Restoration : One resin fill in the foot. the foot has been polished
Weight : 193 grams
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.
The Arthur Negus Guide To British Glass By John Brooks – Page 56 Plate 41.
English Table Glass By Percy Bate – Plate 40.
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.
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