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ANTIQUE #SA1159011

Georgian Rare Lynn Double Series Opaque Twist Wine Glass, Terraced Foot

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: The World is Made of Glass Ltd.

This is a rare Georgian, Lynn-moulded, English, double series opaque twist wine glass dating from the middle of the 18th century, c1765. It is the second time this glass has passed through our hands.
 
The glass is in reasonable condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot consistent 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 5.3 cm (2.1 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is moulded with a graduated series of seven Lynn rings; the appellation arising from the belief that these distinctive glasses were blown in King''s Lynn, Norfolk. They have also been called Norfolk glasses in the past. The bowl sits on a double series opaque twist stem consisting of two pairs of thin enamel cords twisted around a central corkscrew. The stem ends in a terraced foot which measures 7.1 cm (2.8 inches) in diameter. The glass is 14.4 cm (5.7 inches) in height. The...
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The World is Made of Glass Ltd.
Dealing in antique and collectable glass from the 17th to the 21st century.
Somerset
United Kingdom
Tel: 07986 518362
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD