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ANTIQUE #SA1188758

Rare Georgian Kit Kat Balustroid Wine Glass With Domed Foot C1740

£550    $743    €647
Technical Description
 
A rare antique 18th-century ''kit kat'' Balustroid wine glass dating to c1740.
 
It has a wide drawn trumpet bowl above an inverted baluster knop with a large central tear, Sits on domed foot.
 
A domed foot Kit Kat glass is a rare beast indeed and only the 2nd example we have had.
 
Date & Origin
 
England, c1740. Period of George II.
 
Condition
 
Excellent, no chips cracks or restoration
 
Dimensions
 
Height: 15.8 cm
 
Rim diameter: 7.3 cm
 
Foot diameter: 7.5 cm
 
Historical Relevance
 
The Kit-Cat Club was an early 18th-century English club in London with strong political and literary associations. Members of the club were committed Whigs and they met at the Trumpet Tavern in London and at Water Oakley in the Berkshire countryside. The name and style of the glass come from period paintings that depict the gentlemen at the club drinking and partying with this style of glass... although I''m sure they probably used any glass that came to ha...
Antique ID: SA1188758
Item: Rare Georgian Kit Kat Balustroid Wine Glass With Domed Foot C1740 - (reference SA1188758)
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