Date & Origin
Holland, c1760. Period of George III.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown, no chips cracks or restoration.
Dimensions
Height: 14.5cm Rim diameter: 5.7cm Foot diameter: 6.4cm.
Technical Description
A Dutch 18th-century opaque twist gin glass. A lipped bell bowl above a double knopped double series opaque twist stem consisting of two pairs of spiral tapes outside a central gauze. A conical foot with a rough pontil.
Historical Relevance
Back in the 1970's when the Scott Falk collection was started, Dutch Soda glasses would have been just as rare and collectable as their English counterparts and I doubt that Scott differentiated between them. Probably used for Gin rather than wine.
In a historical context, this glass was hand-blown around the time Robert Burns wrote his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne in 1788.
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