18th Century Plain Stem Wine Glass c1750

Description

Heading : 18th century wine glass
Date : c1750
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A drawn trumpet bowl
Stem : Plain
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 17.6cm tall with a 7.7cm bowl and a 7.9cm foot
Condition : Fine
Restoration : None
Weight : 221 grams

References : Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 139 Plate 345.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 14. 67 and 68.

The Arthur Negus Guide To British Glass By John Brooks – Page 35 Plate 17.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 109.