SOLD – Georgian Bell Bowl Plain Stem Folded Foot Wine Glass c1740

Description

This is an extremely elegant and tall glass with a  flared bell bowl. A wine glass with a plain stem and folded foot dating to c1740. The bowl accounts for half of the overall height and the flared rim gives it beautiful balance and proportion. The stem exhibits undulations from its formation and the bowl and foot have all the requisite striations and tooling marks. Conical foot. snapped pontil.

English lead. no chips or cracks or restoration

Height 6 3/4 . bowl 3 inches . foot 3 inches

References :

English Drinking Glasses by Ronald Gabriel – Page 24 Plate 14

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 71.

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

English Table Glass By Percy Bate – Plate 2.

Miller’s Glass Buyers Guide – Page 146.