A Georgian Light Baluster Wine Glass c 1750

Description

Heading : A Georgian Light Baluster Wine Glass
Period : George II c1750
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round funnel. multiple pucelle marks from manufacture
Stem : Light baluster.
Stem Features : Angular knop. air beaded knop. and a basal ball-knop cushion.
Foot : Conical 
Pontil : Snapped 
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  186mm height. 70mm diameter bowl. 76mm diameter foot 
Condition : Very good; a 3mm chip to the underside of the foot rim and some very small bubbles to the foot; There is a bubble in the basal knop which has been stretched during manufacture and looks like a tiny tear
Restoration : None 
Weight: 210 grams 

Glass Through the Ages by E. Barrington Haynes Pl. 71 (a)