SOLD – Georgian Plain Stem with Tear Drawn Trumpet Wine Glass c.1750

Description

This example has all the requisite features that collectors want to see in a plain stem glass. Seeds and stones. small air bubbles in good dark colour metal . pucella marks and striations in the bowl with a conical foot and snapped pontil. This is a stunning example.

It stands 7 inches tall with a 3 1/8th inch bowl and a 3 1/4 inch foot. No chips . cracks or 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.