Very Fine Bucket Bowl Multi Spiral Air Twist Wine Glass, circa 1760

Heading : Multi Spiral Opaque Twist Wine Glass Period : George II- George III Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Ogee Stem : Multi spiral opaque Foot : Conical Pontil : Snapped G...

A Very Fine Georgian Air Twist Cable Wine Glass, circa 1750 Additional information: Heading : A Very Fine Georgian Air Twist Cable Wine Glass Period : George II Origin : Englan...

Georgian Multi Spiral Air Twist Wine Glass with Folded Foot, circa 1745 A very fine example of a Georgian 'standard' Additional information: Heading : Georgian Multi Spiral Ai...

Heading : 18th Century Multi Spiral Opaque Twist Wine Glass c1760 Period : George II- George III Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Ogee Stem : Multi spiral opaque with medial sw...

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...

A Waisted Bucket Bowl Single Series Opaque Twist Stem Wine Glass, c1760 Additional information: Period : George II- George III c1760 Origin : England Colour : Clear Bowl : Waisted ...

This is a very good hand-blown, English, mid-Georgian, Wine drinking glass with a round funnel (RF) engraved bowl on a solid stem, dating to the middle of the 18th century, circa 1760. These glasses are very collectable. It is made from English lead glass which is relatively heavy and has a soft grey colour. The RF (round funnel) bowl is well engraved with OXO under rim and a facet cut bowl base, sitting on a a solid stem, over a conical foot with a snapped off pontil below to the underside. The foot has an under rim edge chip but is otherwise very good with on evidence of restoration. (NOTE: We do not normally buy Georgian wine glasses...

An air twist ale glass. England, circa 1760. Measures: Height: 19 cm (7 1/2"). Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4").

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...

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...

This is a good, tall hand-blown, English, mid-Georgian, cordial drinking glass with a single series opaque twist (SSOT) or Cotton twist stem, dating from ...

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...