SOLD – Heavy Georgian Plain Stem Wine Glass c1740

Description

A rather nice example of a Georgian Plain Stem Wine Glass which dates to 1740 with a Drawn Trumpet Bowl and stem with the stem having a lovely clear air tear. Sits on a conical folded foot.

A ‘thick stem’ giving it a much heavier feel than you would expect. A few light scratches to the bowl and a nice dark metal.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. it measures 6 1/8 inches tall with a 3 inch bowl and 3 ¼ inch foot.

References :

English Drinking Glasses by Ronald Gabriel – Page 24 Plate 13    

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.

English Table Glass By Percy Bate – Plate 23.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 109.

The History of Glass By Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd – Page 130.

English Table Glass By E.M.Elville – Page 65 Plate 21.