Antique Opaque Twist Stem Goblet

Description

Heading : Antique Opaque Twist Stem Goblet
Period : George III c1780
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear. good grey hue
Bowl : Large round funnel
Stem : A sixteen oly spiral band outside a pair of corkscrew tapes
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  17.2cm height.  8.9cm diameter bowl. 8.7cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks. Some flecks of clinker within the glass
Restoration : None 
Weight:  274grams 

The bowl is very generous. Wine glass bowl sizes varies throughout the 18th century with fluctuation in the price of wine due to conflicts. taxation and disease within vines. Larger bowls are generally consistent with the first three decades and the final three decades if the 18th century