Rococo Engraved 18th Century Twist Stem Wine or Cordial Glass c1770

Description

Heading : An finely engraved opaque twist stem wine or cordial glass
Period : George III c1770
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Rib moulded round funnel. Engraved with a band of cross-hatched arched with leaf and berry pendants
Stem : Enamel opaque twist. Two seven strand spiral bands outside a lace corkscrew. The stem is markedly tapered
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  15.1cm height.  4.8cm diameter bowl. 7.0cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight:  136 grams 

The stem is thicker than most glasses of a similar form. This single fact would many making claims for Irish origins. We are not participating in such speculation. This may well have been made for the consumption of cordials. The relative proportions of bowl and stem and te small bowl capacity do indicate this.