Rare 18th Century Engraved Cider Glass c1760

Technical Description 

An 18th-century opaque twist wine glass engraved with a full apple tree on one side and a cider barrel on the other. Good sized, slightly incurved round funnel bowl with tight rib moulding to the lower half. Sits on a double series opaque twist stem consisting of a pair of spiral tapes outside a gauze. Conical foot with a snapped pontil.

Date & Origin 

England, c1760. Period of George III.

Condition

Excellent, no chips cracks or restoration 

Dimensions 

Height: 15.3cm Rim diameter: 5.4cm Foot diameter: 7.1cm

Historical Relevance 

Hand-blown around the time the first patent for a one-piece pencil with eraser was issued to American inventor J. Rechendorf of New York City.