£525.00
$656.78
Product Code: 2022032307
Technical Description
An rare 18th-century opaque twist wine glass. It has an ogee bowl above a triple series opaque twist stem consisting of a pair of spiral tapes outside a gauze with a solid core. Conical foot with a snapped pontil.
Around 1 in 300 opaque twists are triple series.
Date & Origin
England, c1760. Period of George III.
Condition
Excellent, no chips cracks or restoration
Dimensions
Height: 17.1cm Rim diameter: 5.7cm, Foot diameter: 7.2cm
Historical Interest
Hand-blown around the time The Treaty of Hubertusburg put an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria, and their allies France and Russia.
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