SOLD – Georgian Mercury Twist Wine Glass c1750

Description

A Georgian Mercury Twist Wine Glass c1750

An elegant mercury twist wine glass with a slightly flared drawn trumpet bowl. The stem exhibits the flattened tapes of air that refract light to give the appearance of mercury to stunning effect. Conical foot and snapped pontil.

English lead. no chips. cracks or restoration.

The bowl has exemplary pucella marks and the metal contains the inclusion that collectors demand.

The glass measures 6 3/8 inches tall with a 2 ¾ inch bowl and 2 15/16 inch foot.

References :

English Drinking Glasses by Ronald Gabriel – Page 29 Plate 20.

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 156 Plate 412.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 98.

The Turnbull Collection of English 18^th Century Drinking Glasses By Martine S. Newby – Page 17.