Technical Description
An 18th-century gin glass with an elegant drawn trumpet bowl engraved with egg and dart. Plain stem above conical folded foot with a snapped pontil.
Date & Origin
England, c1780. Period of George II.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown.
Dimensions
Height: 11.9cm Rim diameter: 5.5cm, Foot diameter: 6.6cm.
Historical Relevance
Hand-blown around the time the astronomer Anders Celsius introduced the Centigrade temperature scale.
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