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Exhibit Antiques has dated this Antique Mercury Twist Wine Glass to the Georgian era.
An exceptionally rare staked barley wine glass dating to c1750.
Sits on a mercury corkscrew stem above a conical foot.
Comments on Engravings
Staked fruiting vine glasses are well documented and very rare. Barley wine glasses and also well documented and very rare. A combination of a staked fruiting vine with barley sheaf is so rare that we are unaware of another example and have certainly never had or seen one. Add this to the fact that it has a mercury twist stem and we would suggest that the glass is in fact unrecorded.
It could be argued that perhaps the polished grapes are in fact stylised polished hops (which could be true), however this would make the glass a staked ale glass with a mercury twist which is equally rare and to our knowledge, is also unrecorded.
Either way, a stunning and rare glass.
Date & Origin
England, c1750. Period of George II.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown, no chips or cracks. We would say that a very small section of the foot rim has had a minor polish.
Dimensions
Height: 17.8cm
Rim diameter: 6.2cm
Foot diameter: 7.6cm.
Exhibit Antiques has dated this Antique Mercury Twist Wine Glass to the Georgian era.
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Exceptionally Rare Staked Barley Wine Glass with Mercury Twist Stem C1750
