Technical Description
An exceptionally rare 18th-century opaque twist wine glass. It has an ogee bowl with five 'lynn' rings. Rests upon a double series opaque twist stem consisting of a pair of 4-ply spiral bands outside a multi-ply corkscrew, the glass has a terraced foot showing a particularly domed centre.
Date & Origin
England, c1760. Period of George III.
Condition
There is one small polished slither to the underside of foot which is barely visible. No other chips, cracks or resoration.
Dimensions
Height: 14.2cm
Rim diameter: 5.2cm
Foot diameter: 7cm
Comments
A Lynn bowl in combination with a Terraced foot is "off the charts" as far as rarity is concerned. The same could be said about a terraced foot on a wine glass; the foot form is normally associated with dram glasses. We have only ever seen one other example of a Lynn/Terrace/Wine combination, so they do exist...just not very often.
As can be seen in the foot pictures, there is also quiet a prominent dome to the middle of the foot (which is not solid). We've never seen this prominence before but feel it’s probably accidental in manufacture and simply an extra double width terrace.
This glass has been acquired on behalf of a customer.
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