This is a Georgian, English, vine-engraved plain stem wine glass dating from the middle of the 18th century, c1750.
The glass is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot commensurate with some 250 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a cup-shaped bowl measuring 4.7 cm (1.9 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is engraved with a trailing, fruiting vine to one side and with a Hoho bird to verso and sits on an extruded plain stem and a conical, folded foot which measures 7.2 cm (2.9 inches) in diameter. The glass is 12.7 cm (5.1 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There is some scarring on the underside of the foot around the pontil mark when the pontil iron was broken off and which dates from manufacture.
Lead glass weighing in at 100 g. (~ 3 1/2 oz.).
Quote item: 8906
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