Technical Description
An 18th-century facet cut gin or port glass. The round funnel bowl with step scallop facet cuts to the base which continues down into the neck changing into slice cuts through a shoulder knop with notch cut slice cuts below. Petal cuts to the top of the conical foot which has a snapped pontil.
A very fine example, the slightly smaller form designating the glass as a gin or a port glass, rather than a wine.
Date & Origin
England, c1780. Period of George III.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown. No chips cracks or restoration
Dimensions
Height: 12cm Bowl Diameter: 4.3cm Foot diameter: 6.2cm.
Historical Relevance
Hand-blown around the time the Bank of North America, the first American commercial bank opened.
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