SOLD – Georgian Light Baluster Glass c.1750

Description

A superb Georgian Light Baluster Wine glass goblet c1750

It has a round funnel bowl engraved with continuous swags of daisies and acanthus leaves with polished detailing. The stem has a shoulder cushion knop. drop knop. air tear inverted baluster and basal knops. Conical foot with snapped pontil. The air tears are quite elongated. but we would not choose to describe this an an air twist. The engraving is the height of rococo in style. similar designs are found on period glass and porcelain from around 1740 to 1770 when it was replaced by neo-classicism as the pinnacle of fashion.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. it measures 6 ½ inches tall with a 2 7/8 inch bowl and 3 1/8 inch foot.

Light balusters are without doubt the height of elegance in the world of Georgian glass. They are generically referred to as “Newcastles” being a reference to their supposedly exclusive place of origin. Current thinking is that they were made in Newcastle but also in London. Liege. Holland and elsewhere on the continent. This glass has relatively dark metal when compared to others of the same form and the stem is thicker than the more spindley examples “attributed to” Liege. It is also a high lead example and it pre-dates the generally accepted date for the introduction of lead in continental glass