SOLD – Plain Stem Georgian Wine Glass with Folded Foot c.1740

Description

Many collectors prefer plain stems with folded feet. They are less prone to chipping in the wear rim of the foot. by design and tend to be a little earlier than the plain conical foot forms. This glass was made in c1740 has excellent colour. a good blue gey hue that is prevalent in early English lead. It has all the tool marks and inclusions that one likes to see. It has a drawn trumpet bowl and stands on a conical folded foot. It is six inches high. has a 3 inch bowl and a 3 inch folded foot. Please note that drawn trumpets often have bowls with the same or only smaller diameters than the foot. No chips. no cracks and no restoration.

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.