SOLD- Georgian Multi Spiral Air Twist Wine Glass c1750

Description

A large 18th century air twist wine glass. It has a bell bowl with a “swelling” at the base of the bowl. Multi spiral air twist tapered stem above a conical foot with snapped pontil.

It has a good high lead blue-grey hue. This is an unusual variant and it is a weighty glass.

English lead. no chips. cracks or restoration

It measures 7 1/8 inches tall with a 3 1/8 inch bowl and 3 5/16 inch foot.

References :  

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 153 Plate 399.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 77 and 78.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 132.