Georgian Pan-Top Air Twist Wine or Cordial Glass – Possible Acrostic – c1750

Description

Heading : Georgian Pan-Top Air Twist Wine or Cordial Glass – Possible Acrostic 
Period : George II
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Pan-topped; engraved with a Carnation. Honeysuckle. a Rose and intermediate grapes. vines and other foliage
Stem : Eleven spiralling air-twists with a swelling medial knop
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  15.6 cm height.  5.9 cm diameter bowl. 6.8 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks; very minimal bubble inclusions. a couple of tiny spots of dirt within the pontil scar and mossing to the lowest point of the foot. which is not close to the rim as is normally the case
Restoration : None 
Weight: 137 grams 

Notes : There is an obvious temptation with glasses of this nature to apply the popular ‘acrostic’ notion to the puzzle with regard to why the specific flowers used have been adopted; the inference is that the initial letters could potentially be used to intimate a phrase featuring – in this instance – the letters C. H. and R – CHarles. Rex or something along those seditious lines….

It may simply be an example of a botanical decorative theme.