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18th Century Pedestal Stem Sweetmeat Champagne Glass c1750

18th Century Pedestal Stem Sweetmeat Champagne Glass c1750

£240.00 $300.29 Product Code: 2018122105

Date & Origin 

England, c1750. Period of George II.

Condition

Excellent, age-related wear as shown.

Dimensions 

Height: 16.3cm Rim diameter: 8,9cm Foot diameter: 10.6cm.

Weight

190 grams

Technical Description 

An 18th century pedestal stem sweetmeat or champagne glass. A large round funnel bowl with an everted rim above a twelve-sided pedestal stem between collars. Domed and folded foot.  

Historical Relevance 

Hand-blown around the time the British captured Pondichéry, India from the French on the 16th of January 1761.

References 

You can see an example of this glass with a 12 sided pedestal on page 135 plate 328 of Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses by L.M. Bickerton 

 

 

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