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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Ancient Classical Style Antique Iridescent Glass Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Lucite base holder, Measures. 3.4" x 4.2" x 1.8"L.
Category
Unknown Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Georgian Wine Drinking Glass Hand Blown Thistle Bowl Cotton Twist Stem, Ca 1755
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a superb hand-blown example of an English, mid-Georgian, wine or cordial drinking glass with a rare thistle bowl, thick double series opaque twist...
Category
Irish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Ancient Roman Glass
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful original ancient Roman glass embedded in Lucite cube, was used for containing perfume. Exceptional object of art for display.
Category
Israeli Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Irish 18th Century Georgian Cut Glass Salt with Stepped Foot, Ca 1790
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Irish cut glass or crystal Salt, made from lead glass in the 18th century, circa 1790.
The oval boat-shaped bowl is well hand cut and sits on a stepped foot over a ...
Category
Irish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Antique Irish Tipperary Waterford Glass Cut Crystal Georgian Centerpiece Bowl 18
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An impressive George II hand cut full led Irish Crystal Pedestal “Kettle Drum” Bowl of circular outline and unusually large proportions. Made by the Old Waterford Glass Company, County Tipperary in Ireland. Late Eighteenth, early Nineteenth Century.
The heavy gauge circular wavy cut rim with a band of richly cut diamond and chevron cut pattern. The lower bowl area with scale cut detailing, raised on a single ring socle stem above a square thick spreading pedestal, underneath with “lemon squeeze” foot detail.
Condition: Good untouched condition with no losses, except for one tight short crack, see two images which clearly show this imperfection, wonderful age wear underneath base. Typically unmarked as Georgian pieces were not.
*Stunning and rare example of a piece of Irish Georgian History. The asking price reflects the imperfection. Wonderful rare “grey” tint to crystal, so typical of Eighteenth-Century Irish pieces.
Diameter: (top rim, an impressive) 9” (23cm).
Height: 8.25" (21cm). Depth: (square base) 3.5" (9cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping.
The history of Irish Hand Cut Crystal goes back to the late 17th century. George Ravenscroft started the tradition in 1676. The glassmaker added lead oxide to the silicates that make up the molten glass. The process achieved a softness that allowed the glass to be blown and carved while remaining hard and clear as it cooled. The first crystal factory in Ireland opened in County Tyrone in 1771.
The Creation of Waterford Crystal
The Waterford Crystal we know today back in 1783 with George and William Penrose. Their vision was to “create the finest quality crystal for drinking vessels and decorative objects of beauty for the home.”
The Penrose brothers sought the expertise of renowned glassmaker John Hill in 1785. Hill that began the process of polishing the glass to give the unique Waterford Crystal shine now known the world over. Hill left Waterford in 1788 after a major disagreement with the Penrose brothers. Waterford cut glass...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Crystal
Rare, large collection of fourteen Swedish Drinking Glasses from the 18th-19th c
Located in Farsta, SE
Rare, large collection of fourteen Swedish Drinking Glasses from the 18th-19th centuries
Sometimes I spend years collecting to build what, in...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass, Birch
French 18th Century Emerald Green Gilt Faceted Wine Glass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming French 18th Century hand blown wine glass in emerald green and gold leaf decorations. The glass is notched at the stem and features a scene with a house with trees, flo...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Early Georgian Glasses, circa 1740, England
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of early Georgian glasses, circa 1740, England. Handsomely crafted each with bucket bowl on plain stem. Generous conical feet. Intact pairs are unusual to find. Good color, stri...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-18th Century Wine Glass Hand Blown Cotton Twist Stem, English C 1765
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good hand blown, English, mid-Georgian, Cordial drinking glass with a double series opaque twist (DSOT) stem, dating from the middle of the 18th century, circa 1765.
These...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Ancient Greek Hellenistic Glass Finger Ring
Located in London, GB
This beautifully preserved ring was cast from light green transparent glass. Its large size and shape are typical of Hellenistic finger rings, and its now ...
Category
Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Antique 18th Century Gilt White Milk Glass Vase in the Manner of James Giles
By James Giles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare white, opaque glass vase decorated in the manner of James Giles.
English or possibly Continental in origin. (Bohemian or German Milchgla...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Monumental Fratelli Toso Yellow Murano Glass Vase Italy 1930s Art Deco
Located in Palermo, IT
Attributed fratelli Toso
Vase with two curly handles. 1930s/1939s. Transparent straw-colored blown glass decorated with milky spots. Double neck vase,...
Category
Italian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Ancient Roman Turquoise Glass Cup
Located in London, GB
Turquoise glass cup
Roman Empire, circa 3rd-4th century A.D.
With old label reading ‘’965’’.
“Pliny relates that the art of glass-making [.] was actua...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th Century Pair Decalcomania Glass Vases Piemonte Italy Arte Povera
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare pair of decalcomania glass vases from Piemonte Italy 18th century.
Painted in polychrome with applications in Arte Povera with floral and chinois motifs.
The synomania that ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Pair of Irish Georgian Boat Shaped Bowls
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of flat cut boat shaped bowls with vandyke rims.
Category
Icelandic Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
George 11nd Balustroid Wine Drinking Glass Bell Bowl Knopped Stem, Circa 1740
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good handblown, English, Georgian, 'Balustroid' wine drinking glass, dating from the middle of the 18th century, George XI period, circa 1740.
It is made from English lead...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
George III Firing Drinking Glass Hand Blown Facet Stem Engraved Bowl, circa 1785
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine English, hand blown drinking glass, made from lead glass in the 18th century, circa 1785.
Short, heavy, thick stemmed glasses...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th C George 11nd Tall Wine Drinking Lead Glass Solid Stem and Tear, C 1750
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, tall, English George 11nd period, hand blown wine drinking glass, dating to the George II period of the mid-18th century, circa 1750.
These 18th century hand blown drinking...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Georgian Irish Cordial Wine Drinking Glass thick Cotton Twist Stem, Ca 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a superb hand-blown example of an Irish made, mid-Georgian, cordial wine drinking glass with a thick double series opaque twist (DSOT) stem, dating from the middle of the 18th century, circa 1765 to 1770.
These glasses are very collectable. It is made from English lead glass which is relatively heavy and has a soft grey colour, with slight age related wear as expected with over 200 years of use.
The glass has the usual striations, inclusions and tiny bubbles you would expect to see in 18th Century glass, which gives these glasses their unique charm.
This glass has a bucket bowl which sits on a tall, unusually thick, double series opaque or cotton twist...
Category
Irish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Antique 1700s Wine Glass with Engraving - Coat of arms
Located in Skien, NO
Primitive antique Saxony glass from ca. 1750-1780. Handblown gray-clear glass. Baluster/conical-shaped stem with discs at the top and one large bubble.
Engraved decoration featuring...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Late 18th Century Irish Cut Glass Boat Shaped Centre Bowl
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 18th Century Irish cut glass boat shaped centre bowl supported by turned stem. More than likely Waterford. C 1780.
Category
Irish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Beilby Enamelled Opaque Twist Wine Glass Circa 1765 Painted Peacock Peahen Gilt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A exceptionally rare and exquisite Beilby enamelled opaque-twist wine glass circa 1765.
The generous ogee bowl enamelled in the finest white with a peacock and a peahen, each perched...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Ancient Roman Glass Bottle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ancient Roman glass bottle with thin thumb handles, circa 2nd-3rd century AD. Origin Roman Empire.
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
George II Wine Drinking Glass Balustroid Knopped Stem with Tear, Circa 1745
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good handblown Wine Drinking Glass; a Balustroid form with a solid stem having a central knop with a tear, dating from the middle of the 18th century, George 11nd period, circa 1745.
English 18th Century Drinking glasses...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Jacobite Engraved Wine Glass Engraver E
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : A two bud Jacobite engraved wine glass
Date : c.1750-1780
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. good dark hue
Bowl : Funnel
Stem : Air twist. Tapered stem wit...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of 18th Century Monogrammed Baroque Wine Glasses
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of hand-blown baroque wine glasses engraved with monogram and scrollwork. Gold rimmed and facet cut stem.
The glasses probably originate fr...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Rare Small Swedish Wine Glass from 18th century
Located in Farsta, SE
Rare Small Swedish Wine Glass from 18th century
Beautiful glass with a broken stem, repaired with a wooden base.
Hand-blown glass with a unique ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
18th Century Italian Murano Clear Glass and Blue Trimmed Blown Glass Bottles
Located in Firenze, IT
This wonderful antique late 18th century (1780 circa) Murano blown clear glass set of four lidded bottles recalling a genie bottle shape, is made of the most thin and see-through gla...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Rare Large Norwegian Glass, Nøstetangen Glasswerk
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Rare large Norwegian glass, Nøstetangen Glasswerk, (1741–1777). Nøstetangen produced the finest glass in Scandinavian at the time. They are known for a sp...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
A Dutch Engraved Wine Glass, The White Horse of Hanover, Mid 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Engraving: Dutch
Mid 18th century
A molded stem Dutch engrave wine glass with a pointed round funnel bowl decorated with the White Horse of Hanover rearing up on a s...
Category
Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Georgian Wine Glass with Mercury Twist Stem c1750
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Georgian wine glass with mercury twist stem c1750
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Ogee
Stem : A pair of mercury corkscrew tapes
Foot : Conical
Pon...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Newcastle Light Baluster, England C1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classic Newcastle light baluster, perhaps the finest of all the English shapes; certainly the finest of its period. The glass is light and well-balanced, a pleasure to hold or to s...
Category
British Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Covered Bohemian Goblet With Colour Twist Stem c1740
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Engraved Bohemian covered goblet with colour twist stem
Date : 1710-1730
Origin : Bohemia. probably the Liberec region, Krkonose Mountains
Bowl : Cover with red twist with...
Category
Czech Bohemian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th Century Venetian Opal Glass Dish
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Venetian opal glass plate from the early 18th century with stunning luminescent qualities.
An epitome of Renaissance and Baroque Venetian cult...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Modified Georgian Cruciform Decanter c1740
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : 18th century Cruciform decanter c1740
Date : c1740
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Neck : Triple annulated collar
Body : Cruciform
Pontil : Snapped
G...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th C Baroque Style German G. von Gundlach Armorial Beer /Goblet/Kelchglas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Baroque Style German G. von Gundlach Armorial Beer /Goblet/Kelchglas
Engraved later with ancestors name 'G. von Gundlach' with corresponding Armorial Crest, Germany, Hesse or Saxony region, Circa 1790
An exceptional 18th century example of early German or Dutch craftsmanship in this traditional Kelchglas form. A finely engraved later armorial to the body reveals the Gundlach family heraldry which date back to as early as 1304. The crest and shield of arms...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Swedish Yellow, Handblown, Gustavian, 18th Century Glass Milk Bowl, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Swedish yellow 18th century Gustavian handblown glass milk bowl with pouring spout, circa 1780, origin: Sweden.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Engraved Bohemian Goblet And Cover With Colour Twist Stem c1730
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Engraved Bohemian covered goblet with colour twist stem
Date : 1710-1740
Origin : Bohemia. probably the Liberec region, Krkonose Mountains
Bowl : Cover with ‘ruby gold’ and green twist within the slice cut finial. Faceted cover with alternate panels engraved with flowers below a circle of polished printies. Bowl itself slice cut with matching floral engravings set within ovals formed of polished printies
Stem : Ruby gold and green twist within faceted inverted baluster stem
Foot : Conical with matching floral engraving and ring of printies.
Type : Lead free
Size : 27cm height, 9cm diameter bowl, 10.3cm diameter foot
Condition : Very good, there is sone very minor fritting to the internal rim of the cover
Restoration : None
Weight : 599 grams
The property of a long standing leading UK based collector.
Reference: Die Glaser Der Sammlung Musham- Dr R Schmidt...
Category
Czech Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Unique Antique Baroque Goblet Engraved Coat of Arms of the Family of Spork 18th
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
A unique antique cut glass cup with an engraving of the coat of arms of the famous noble family of Spork. Mention of this family dates back to the 16th century, their entire history ...
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Georgian 'Lacemaker's' Lamp c1780
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : A Georgian 'lacemaker's' lamp c1780
Date : c1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear, grey hue
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 14.2cm tall, 10.5cm diameter
Condition ...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
A Roman Blue Glass Bowl, Hellenistic Period, 1st Century B.C.
Located in PARIS, FR
A Roman blue glass bowl,
Hellenistic period, 1st century B.C.
A blue cast glass, iridescent, engraved with two circles.
17,2 cm diameter.
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Georgian Sweetmeat with Pedestal Stem c1750
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Georgian sweetmeat with pedestal stem c1750
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Radial moulded ogee with everted rim
Stem : Hollowpedestal stem with ...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
A Roman purple glass jug
Located in UTRECHT, UT
A jug with a bell-shaped body and clover lip, a green trailed handle and a green collar in the middle of the cylindrical neck.
12.4 cm (h)
Intact
Provenance:
Ex C.A. Hessing Collection, coll. no.57
Ex Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 22 September 1998, lot 226
Published:
Sheppard & Cooper Ltd, Glass: The Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World, London, 1994, p.14, no.75.
Roman glass was used primarily for the production of vessels. It developed from Hellenistic technical traditions, initially concentrating on the production of intensely coloured cast glass vessels...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
English Oak Liquor Bottle Traveling Case, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English oak liquor traveling case with fitted interior consisting of original stenciled gilt bottles and glasses with stoppers, iron carrying side h...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Wrought Iron
A Roman yellow glass unguentarium
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Belly-shaped with cylindrical neck and with folded down collar rim, the unguentarium with twisted glass decoration with white intertwining the main yellow colour
4.5 cm (h)
Intact
Ex. German private collection H.G., collected between 1970s-1990s
Roman glass was used primarily for the production of vessels. It developed from Hellenistic technical traditions, initially concentrating on the production of intensely coloured cast glass vessels...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th Century Bohemian Opaline Service Set
Located in Paris, FR
White opaline service set composed of a pitcher, a coffee pot, a mustard pot, and two salt cellars. They are decorated with enameled bouquets of flowers and highlighted with gilded b...
Category
Czech Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Opaline Glass
Engraved 'Cape of Good Hope' Colonial Commemorative Glass, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A commemorating glass with an engraving of a farmer ploughing, an East Indiaman and a text reading:
Het Lan’s Wel Varen An De Caap (the country’s prosperity at the Cape of Good Hope...
Category
South African Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Rare French Annular Flask With Portrait Prunts 1715-1774
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : A very rare French annular flask 1715-1774
Period : Louis XV
Date : 1715-1774
Origin : Most probably Orleans
Colour : Clear. There are iron oxine inclusions within the neck...
Category
French Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
George II English Wine Drinking Glass Engraved Bell Bowl Hand Blown, Circa 1745
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good English, Georgian, Hand-blown, Engraved Wine drinking glass, dating to the George II Period of the mid-18th century, circa 1745.
These glasses are very collectab...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Air Twist Wine Glass c1750
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Air twist stem Georgian wine glass
Period : George II - c1750
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Bell
Stem :Multi spiral air twist
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Antique 18th Century Glass Goblet with Engraving from Thuringia
Located in London, GB
Antique 18th century glass goblet with engraving from Thuringia
German, c. 1740
Dimensions: Height 29cm, diameter 12.5cm
Produced in Germany in c. 1740, this antique glass goblet...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th Century Original French Gherkin Jars
Located in Hook, Hampshire
18th Century Original French Gherkin Jars
18th Century Original French Gherkin Jars. Original mouth blown gherkin jars from France. Rare original deep green gherkin jars that would h...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-18th Century Georgian tall Wine Glass hand-blown Cotton Twist opaque Stem
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good tall handblown, English, mid-Georgian, Wine drinking glass with a multi spiral opaque twist (MSOT) or Cotton Twist stem, dating from the mi...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Georgian Cordial Glass with Domed Foot c1740
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Georgian cordial glass with domed foot c1740
Period : George II
Origin : England
Colour : Clear with good grey hue
Bowl : Drawn trumpet
Stem : Plain with air tear
Foot : Do...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Engraved Commemorative Surinam Plantation Glass, History of 18th Century Slavery
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid commemorating glass with a fine engraving of a plantation house and coffee shrubs with a text reading: Het.Welvaaren.Van.De.Plantagie.Saxen (the prosperity of the Plantati...
Category
Surinamer Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
18th C Georgian Jelly Glass with Bell Bowl Cushion Knop Hand Blown, Ca 1790
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good hand-blown, English mid-Georgian Jelly glass, dating to the last quarter of the 18th century, circa 1790.
These glasses are very collectible. It is made from Eng...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
Air Twist Stem Georgian Wine Glass c1750
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Air twist stem Georgian wine glass
Period : George II - c1750
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round funnel
Stem : A pair of multi-ply spiral cables
Foot : Conical
Po...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-18th Century Cordial Wine Glass Hand Blown Cotton Twist Stem, English C 1765
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good hand blown, English, mid-Georgian, Cordial drinking glass with a double series opaque twist (DSOT) stem, dating from the middle of the 18th century, circa 1765.
These...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Glass
Materials
Glass
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