The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The glass is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot consistent with some 270 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a trumpet shaped-bowl measuring 7.2 cm (2.9 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is plain and sits on an extruded plain stem containing a well-worked air tear. The stem leads to a conical, folded foot which measures 7.8 cm (3.1 inches) in diameter. The glass is 16.2 cm (6.5 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, scratches or any obvious signs of restoration. There are a couple of tiny unburst bubbles in the metal of the bowl
English lead glass weighing in at 135 g. (~ 5 oz.).
The World is Made of Glass Ltd. has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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Georgian Plain Stem Wine Glass, Trumpet Bowl, Folded Foot, Air Tear
