This is a Georgian, English colour twist wine glass dating from the middle of the 18th century, c1765. The glass is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot commensurate with some 250 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot. The glass has an ogee-shaped bowl measuring 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is plain and sits on a colour twist stem consisting of a pair of opaque white corkscrews edged on the insides in translucent ruby-red, outside a pair of opaque white spiral tapes. The stem ends in a conical foot which measures 7.2 cm (2.9 inches) in diameter. The glass is 14.5 cm (5.8 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There is a distinct shear mark to the edge of the foot where it was finished off by the chair.Lead glass weighing in at 140 g. (~ 5 oz.). An excellent glass of its type with excel...