SOLD – Georgian Toasting Glass c1735

Description

An 18th century toasting glass in superb condition c1735. It has a drawn trumpet bowl above a very fine elegant tapered plain stem. Conical foot with snapped pontil. English lead. no chips. cracks or restoration. Excellent tooling in the bowl and the metal has good high lead colouration.

It measures 7 3/8 inches tall with a 3 inch bowl and 3 1/16 inch foot.

References :            

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 136 Plate 322.

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.