18th Century Knopped Air Twist Wine Glass c1760

Technical Description 

A fine 18th-century air twist wine glass dating to c1760.

It has a bell bowl with a solid section at the base containing a band of air beads. Sits on a multi spiral air twist stem with a large shoulder knop. Conical foot.

This is a lead glass, however there are some continental influences here with the high conical foot and the air beads around the base of the bowl. Also the metal is quiet dark in comparison to normal English lead glasses of that period. We have included a picture of an English lead glass of similar form so that you can compare. We suspect the glass is a lead Norwegian glass, and therefore quiet a rare example.

Ex Geoffrey Walton collection

Date & Origin 

Norway, c1760. Period of George II.

Condition

Excellent, no chips cracks or restoration 

Dimensions 

Height: 16.8cm Rim diameter: 7.2cm Foot diameter: 7.6cm

Historical Relevance 

George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.

He became heir to the throne on the death of his father in 1751, succeeding his grandfather, George II, in 1760. He was the third Hanoverian monarch and the first one to be born in England and to use English as his first languag