SOLD – Georgian Baluster Wine Glass c1730

Description

It has a Bell Bowl with a solid section at the base above a Double Annulated Knop above an Inverted Baluster with air tear above a basal knop. Conical foot with rough snapped pontil.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. the glass measures 6 ¾ inches tall with a 2 ½ inch bowl and 2 ¾ inch foot. A fine heavy glass with a dark metal. A few very faint scratches to the bowl . 

References :            

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 82 Plae 121.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 35.

A Gathering of Glass By Delomosne and Son Ltd. – Plate 12.

The Baluster Family of English Drinking Glasses By Delomosne and Son Ltd. – Plate 19a.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 105.