A Georgian Toasting Glass c1765

Description

Heading : A Georgian toasting glass
Period : George II
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Lipped Drawn trumpet
Stem :Plain
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  17.7 cm height 7cm diameter bowl. 7cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight:   234 grams 

The lipped pointed funnel  shaped bowl resembles that of Dutch toasting glasses from the third quarter of the 18th century. This is an English lead glass version

References

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 136 Plate 332.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 179.

The Arthur Negus Guide To British Glass By John Brooks – Page 34 Plate 16.

Glass By E. Barrington Haynes – Plate 50e.