A Saxon Wine Glass with Bucket Bowl c1770

Description

Heading : Saxon wine glass with bucket bowl  and domed foot
Period : Leopold II – c1770
Origin : Saxony, Germany
Colour : Clear with dark grey hue
Bowl : Bucket
Stem : Angular knop with air tear.
Foot : High conical folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead-free – the grey hue in Saxon glass is a result of doping the glass with manganese oxide to disguise the green tinge iron oxide produces in glass.
Size : 13.9cm height. 5.7cm diameter bowl. 6.8cm diameter foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight: 92 grams