Neoclassical Engraved Georgian Wine Glass 1745-75

Description

Heading : A beautifully engraved plain stem wine glass
Period : George III
Date : 1745-1775
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Cup shaped engraved in neoclassical style 
Stem : Plain
Foot : Conical and folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 13.7cms tall. 4.7cm bowl and a 7.1cm foot
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight : 145g

The folded foot is indicative of the earlier date. The engraving is typically neoclassical. a movement that reached the shores of Britain after 1760. This may have been blown prior to the imposition of the 1746 glass tax or within a few years of that event. in which case it was ‘later engraved’. Alternatively it was blown and engraved after 1760.

We will as always take the more cautious approach to dating and ignore the widely deployed rule for dating glasses with folded feet as this ignores all other dating evidence.