Date & Origin
England, C1750. Period of George III.
Condition
Excellent, no chips cracks or restoration
Dimensions
Height: 18.3cm, Rim diameter: 7cm, Foot diameter: 7.2cm
Technical Descriptio
A rare 18th-century composite wine glass. It has a bell bowl with a solid section at the base with a shoulder knopped multi spiral air twist below, the air drawn down from the solid section above. This sits on double air beaded knop with two further plain knops below. Conical foot with a snapped pontil.
Comments
A composite stem is made up from two or more recognised stem forms, e.g. plain stem & opaque twist stem, opaque twist stem & air twist stem or knops, air twist stem or knops & plain stem etc. This example is particularly rare having three unique sections...also as the height at over 7 inches it's a real stand out piece.
You can see various composite stem glasses in Bickerton starting on page 188. Composite Stems form a very small section of the overall 18th cen glass forms and production levels were small and as such, they are highly desirable and difficult to source.
One of a pair, the other having now sold.
This item is out of stock.
