SOLD – Georgian Toasting Glass c1740

Description

A tall Georgian toasting glass c1750.

It has a drawn trumpet bowl with a particularly fine stem. Documentary evidence suggests that during a  loyal toast or “salute”.  given whilst standing. glasses would be held above the head. the contents imbibed and the glass then broken. This may well account for the rarity of such glasses. although personally I prefer to believe that fewer were made than other plain stem forms. Toasting glasseshad a specific purpose and thus were less frequently used and therefore less in demand than say a wine glass.  Sits on a conical foot with a snapped pontil. Of those that remain the majority are soda.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. it measures 7 ¾ inches tall with a 2 7/8 inch bowl and 3 1/8 inch foot.

“Slàinte mhath”

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.