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ANTIQUE #SA1199294
georgian baluster wine or cordial glass - CATEGORY: ANTIQUE GLASS - DATED 18TH CENTURY
 

Georgian Baluster Wine Or Cordial Glass

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

This is a Georgian, baluster wine glass dating from the early part of the 18th century, c1725.
 
The glass is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to both the rim of the bowl and to the rim of the foot commensurate with some 300 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
 
 
The glass has a waisted bucket-shaped bowl measuring 7.2 cm (2.9 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is plain and sits on a baluster stem consisting of an inverted baluster knop above a triple annular knop above a basal true baluster knop containing a well-worked air tear. The stem ends in a conical, folded foot which measures 7.3 cm (2.9 inches) in diameter. The glass is 17.5 cm (7 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There is a flaw and what might be mistaken for a chip in the shoulder knop, but which was almost certainly caused by the pucellas at time of manufac...
Antique SA1199294 shown on this page was made in the 18th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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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