SOLD – Jacobite Engraved Air Twist Wine Glass c1750

Description

Heading : Air Twist Wine Glass  
Date : c1750
Period :  George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Bell  
Bowl Features : Engraved with Rose. open bud. closed bud and moth    
Stem : Double knopped multi spiral air twist  
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 7 inches tall with a 3 inch bowl and 3 1/8 inch foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 200 Grams

Additional Information : This is a particularly fine example with a large bowl and very fine engravings. 

References :            

Investing In Gregorian Glass. By Ward Lloyd – Page 132. 

The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses By Geoffrey B. Seddon – Page 66 Plate 18.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 356.

English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 239 Figure 195.

Glass By Geoffrey Wills – Page 24 Plate 24.

The History of Glass By Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd – Page 128 and 131.

English Glass By Sydney Crompton – Page 25 Plate 8.