SOLD – Early Sweetmeat Glass c1690-1710

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 18^th-Century English Glass By Frank Davis – Page 8.

English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 306 Figure 237.