SOLD – Georgian Multi Spiral Opaque Twist Wine Glass c1760

Description

An excellent Georgian Opaque Twist Wine glass c1760.

This is a particularly fine opaque twist in every sense. It has a deep ogee bowl above a multi spiral opaque twist stem with a central swelling knop. The elements within the opaque twist are extremely fine and there is very little distortion through the knop. It is worth noting that a multi spiral twist is classified as a single series twist and accounts for only 5% of all opaque twist glasses.

Conical foot snapped pontil. It measures 5 3/4 inches tall with a 2 1/8 bowl and a 2 5/8 inch foot.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration.

References :

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 208 Plate 611.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 120.

Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 55a.

Miller’s Collecting Glass By Sarah Yates – Page 57.