How were these goblets used originally?

These vessels served for everyday drinking, formal toasts, communal dining and celebratory gatherings involving wine, ale, beer or spirits. Specific forms catered to particular drinks, such as narrow ale glasses or large serving rummers meant for passing around the table. Heavier specimens with armorials or commemorative engravings often marked political allegiances, marriages, military victories or social clubs. Over time, many transitioned from active tavern and dining use into cabinet pieces and display items.

What is an air twist stem?

An air twist is a decorative stem type formed by manipulating tiny bubbles trapped inside the molten metal into delicate spiral threads. Makers elongated and twisted the glass while hot to trap the air in continuous internal strands. This technique required precise temperature control and steady hands, making such stems prized by collectors of eighteenth-century drinking vessels. They appear alongside opaque twists and plain stems within the current selection.

Are these glasses safe to use today?

While these antique vessels were made for drinking, modern owners generally avoid using them for daily dining due to their age, fragility and the presence of lead in the crystal. Hand washing in lukewarm water without harsh detergents is essential if they are ever handled. Most buyers prefer to display them in cabinets or on open shelves where the engraved details catch the light. The metal chalices and heavier rummers possess greater sturdiness, but care remains necessary to prevent rim chips and surface scratches.

How do you tell a rummer from a wine glass?

A rummer is noticeably larger, heavier and wider in the bowl than a standard wine glass, built to hold generous portions of beer, ale or punch. They frequently sit on square lemon squeezer bases or heavy circular feet rather than delicate slender stems. Wine glasses and ale glasses from the eighteenth century tend to feature taller, more refined stems with air twists, opaque twists or plain profiles. Rummers emerged slightly later around the turn of the nineteenth century as more robust tavern and domestic tableware.

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An engraved georgian goblet brings heavy lead glass, crisp wheel-engraving and eighteenth-century social history straight to the table.

18c Jacobite Wine Glass with Engraved Rose Spray, “Fiat” Motto & Teardrop Stem

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18c Jacobite Wine Glass with Engraved Rose Spray, “Fiat” Motto & Teardrop Stem

From Bushells Antiques

£2,450

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Antique Glass - Facet Stem Wine Glass English C1780

From Marris Antiques

£145

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19th century

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A Facet Stem Wine Glass with Jacobite Engraving, English C.1770

From Mark J West

£320

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Old Sheffield Plated Loving Cup C1800

From David Pickett Antiques

£125

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19th century

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Old Sheffield Plated Loving Cup C1830

From David Pickett Antiques

£135

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18th Century Friendship Engraved Light Baluster Wine Glass C1750

From Exhibit Antiques

£2,100

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Antique Glass - Facet Stem Wine Glass English C1770

From Marris Antiques

£275

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Pair of 18th Century Irish Silver Cups

From Ballinderry Antiques

£1,850

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Antique Early Glass Rummer with Engraved Ship & Initials Wis. English.

19th century

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Antique Early Glass Rummer with Engraved Ship & Initials Wis. English.

From Mark Seabrook Antiques

£175

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Antique Glass Sunderland Bridge Rummer English C1820

From Marris Antiques

£195

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One cheerful rummer bears the unrepentant declaration 'Women & Wine', ensuring eighteenth-century priorities remain cheerfully intact on the modern sideboard.

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Georgian Air Twist Glass with Etched Hunting Scene

From In A Nutshell Antiques and Interiors

£195

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1727 Very Rare Georgian Irish Cup by Thomas Sutton, Great Provenance

18th century

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1727 Very Rare Georgian Irish Cup by Thomas Sutton, Great Provenance

From Dudley Antique Silver

£1,650

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18th Century Engraved Baluster Glass Glass C1730

From Exhibit Antiques

£840

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Pair Georgian Engraved Jacobite Sympathy Facet Cut Wine Glasses C1780

From Exhibit Antiques

£750

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18th century

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18th Century Irish Silver Cup with Liner

From Ballinderry Antiques

£1,480

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Engraved Georgian Goblet

18c Jacobite Wine Glass with Engraved Rose Spray, “Fiat” Motto & Teardrop Stem

Antique Glass - Facet Stem Wine Glass English C1780

A Facet Stem Wine Glass with Jacobite Engraving, English C.1770

Old Sheffield Plated Loving Cup C1800

Old Sheffield Plated Loving Cup C1830

18th Century Friendship Engraved Light Baluster Wine Glass C1750

Antique Glass - Facet Stem Wine Glass English C1770

Pair of 18th Century Irish Silver Cups

Antique Early Glass Rummer with Engraved Ship & Initials Wis. English.

Antique Glass Sunderland Bridge Rummer English C1820

Georgian Air Twist Glass with Etched Hunting Scene

1727 Very Rare Georgian Irish Cup by Thomas Sutton, Great Provenance

18th Century Engraved Baluster Glass Glass C1730

Pair Georgian Engraved Jacobite Sympathy Facet Cut Wine Glasses C1780

18th Century Irish Silver Cup with Liner

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