1750s Glass

Heading : Georgian wine glass with air twist stem c1750 Period : George II Origin : England Colour : Clear, Bowl : Bell Stem : Short plain stem section above multi spiral air twist w...

Heading : Jacobite wine glass with air twist stem c1750 Period : George II Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl :Round funnel – engraved with rose with ...

Heading : Georgian firing glass with Lynn rings and opaque twist stem Period : George II / George III – c1760 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bow...

Heading : Georgian ale glass with air twist stem c1750 Period : George II Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Elongated bell bowl – akin to a flute Stem : Multi spiral air twist with flattened ball knop shoulder Foot : Conical Pontil : Snapped Glass Type : Lead Size : 16.5cm height, 7cm diameter bowl, 7.4cm diameter foot Condition : Excellent, no chips or cracks Restoration : None Weight: 208 grams Perfect for use as an antique champagne glass

Heading : Georgian ale glass or champagne glass with air twist stem Period : George II Origin : England Colour : Clear with pale grey blue tone Bowl : Round funnel. Good pucella mark...

Heading : Double knop air twist stem Jacobite wine glass Period : George II - c1750 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Round funnel engraved ...

Heading : Unusual Jacoite engraved plain stem wine glass Period : George II - c1750 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Round funnel - engraved with a rose, unusually without either open or closed bud, and an oak leaf. Stem : Plain Foot : Conical Pontil : Snapped Glass Type : Lead Size : 16cm height, 6.1cm diameter bowl, 6.8cm diameter foot Condition : Excellent, no chips or cracks Restoration : None Weight: 160 grams At first we were concerned about the lack of an open or closed bud, this is the first example of it's kind that we have seen. The engraving is certainly contemporaneous with the glass and and the engraving style matches with Seddon's engraver A.

Heading : Floral Engarved Bucket Bowl Air Twist Wine Glass Period : George II - c1750 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Bucket - engraved with Lily of the Valley and Tulips Stem : Air twist stem with inverted baluster knop and flattened ball Foot : Conical Pontil : Snapped Glass Type : lead Size : 14.4cm height, 5.3cm diameter bowl, 7cm diameter foot Condition : Excellent, no chips or cracks Restoration : None Weight: 134 grams Lily of the Valley was a widely deployed symbol to represent the 'return of happiness' within a Jacobite context. Tulips were also used within acrostic sets. These are some of the ingredients of the typical Jacobite melodrama engraved upon period glassware! All the romantic intrigue of deposed royalty, a dalliance with a swooning local girl, desperate cross-country flight under the muzzles of musket-wielding troopers and their bloodthirsty commanders a tragic denouement on a desolate battlefield (and a confusing, irrelevant and untrue epilogue about someone hiding up a tree for good measure) - wow ! The Intire Glass Shop advertised Flower'd glasses on their trade card as early as 1742. With floral designs featuring prominently in decorators books...

Heading : Hollow stem Georgian tax glass Period : George II - c1750 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Round funnel Stem : Annular collar, annular medial knop, flattned ball cush...

Heading : Air twist stem Georgian wine glass with vermicular collar Period : George II - c1750 Origin : England Colour : Clear, good pucella marks Bowl : Bell Stem : Multi spiral air...

Heading : Engraved light baluster Georgian wine glass Period : George II - c1750 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Bell - engraved with a band of fruiting vines Stem : Flattned ...

Heading : Petal moulded air twist stem Georgian wine glass Period : George II - c1750 Origin : Engalnd Colour : Clear Bowl : Round funnel with petal moulding Stem : Multi spiral air ...