A Double Knop Composite Stem Wine Glass c1750

Description

Heading : A Double Knop Air Twist Wine Glass c1750
Period : George II
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Bell bowl with air twist in the base.
Stem : Short plain stem section above a multi series air twist with two flattened ball knops
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  15.5 cm height.  5.8cm diameter bowl. 6.5cm diameter foot 
Condition : Very good. no chips or cracks. there are some scratches on the underside of the foot and there is an elongated air tear in the bowl. this has not burst
Restoration : None 
Weight:  163 grams 

This was constructed in four pieces. The manner in which the twist terminates in the bowl is accentuated by the short plain stem section.