Georgian Double Knop Air Twist Ale or Champagne Glass c1750

Description

Heading : Georgian Double Knop Air Twist Ale or Champagne Glass
Period : George II c1750
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. good grey tone
Bowl : Tall round funnel. prominent pucella marks
Stem : Multi spiral air twist with inverted baluster and angular knops
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  Height 19.8cm. bowl 5.9cm and foot 7.3cm
Condition : Very good. A 1.9mm x 1.4 mm shallow flake on the underside of the foot on the wear line. Using our new digital image measuring software we can also add that the flake is less that one eighth of the depth of the glass 0.25mm
Restoration : None
Weight: 179g