SOLD – Georgian Double Series Mercury Twist Wine Glass c 1750

£350.00

Product Code:2014091706

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Description

A very unusual example of a Georgian Mercury Twist Wine glass c 1750.

It has a round funnel bowl above a double series mercury twist stem consisting of a pair of mercury corkscrews outside a vertical mercury thread. Conical foot snapped pontil.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. it measures 5 1/8 inches tall with a 1 15/16 inch bowl and 2 3/8 inch foot.

The first example of such a twist we have offered for sale and the glass would be technically classified as a “short wine”.

A very fine example of an unusual specimen in superb condition. 

Additional information

Weight250 g

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