Description
Heading : Sweetmeat glass
Date : 1690-1710
Period : Late 17th century
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Lipped round funnel with folded rim
Stem : Cushion knop above tapered plain stem
Foot : Conical and folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 4 1/8 inches tall with 3 5/16 inch rim and 2 13/16 inche foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight: 170 grams
Additional Information : Having both a folded rim and a folded foot this is a good early example. A similar glkass is shown on plate 33 ( Q36) of ‘Glass in the Eighteenth Century. The Footed Salver” by Keith Kelsall.
References :
English Glass By Ward Lock – Page 97 Plate 30.
Early 18th-Century English Glass By Frank Davis – Page 8.
English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 306 Figure 237.
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