An Opaque Twist Stem Wine Glass c1760

Description

Heading : A Georgian opaque twist wine glass
Period : George II- George III c1760
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Cup shaped
Stem : A multi-ply spiral band outside a pair of multi-ply corkscrews
Foot : Concial 
Pontil : Snapped 
Glass Type : Lead 
Size : 13.5 cm height. 4.6 cm diameter bowl. 7.1 cm diameter foot 
Condition : A single 6mm x 3mm chip in the footrim
Restoration : None 
Weight: 131 grams 

To restore or not to restore. that is the question. The foot is very large and  if polished would lose 6mm in total from the diameter and it would still be 2cms larger than the bowl. Artificial wear could be applied and the restoration would be very difficult to detect. A second option would be to have the chip filled with resin. this is more obvious but the glass will maintain its integrity. this would be our choice if it were to be restored as it cannot be obfuscated.

Finally there is the option to do nothing at all and to sell a glass with a chip. This makes no commercial sense whatsoever but all options remain open to the buyer