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As ale was very strong in the 18th century, it was drunk in smallish glasses, usually of funnel shape, called "dwarf" ales. The bowl was often engraved with hops and barley or made in wrythen glass. Finer examples on airtwist and opaque twist stems are very collectable, & would be found under Collectors' Drinking Glasses. Again, we stock a variety of ale glasses, ranging in price from £35 to c.£350, depending on their kind and their rarity.

 
Georgian flute-moulded ale on basal knop & rudimentary stem.
 Late 18th century.  4 7/8"/12.5cm. h.

A2
Price £50

Georgian flute-moulded ale on knop & rudimentary stem.
 Late 18th century.  5 1/4"/13.5cm. h.

GD825
Price £50

 
Georgian wrythen ale glass on double basal knop & rudimentary stem.
Late 18th century.  5 3/8"/13.5cm. h.

GD768
Price £60

Georgian ale flute engraved with hops & barley on blade-knop stem.  
c. 1810.  4 7/8"/12.5cm. h.

GE150
Price £60

 
Two similar Georgian trumpet-bowl drawn stem ale flutes.
Late 18th century.  a: 5 7/8"/15cm., b: 6"/15.25cm.

GD653ab
Price £75 each, 653b Sold

 
Georgian flute-moulded ale glass on basal knop & rudimentary stem.
Late 18th century.  4 3/4"/12cm. h.

GC905
Price £50

Georgian flute-moulded ale on basal knop & rudimentary stem.
Late 18th century.  4 3/4"/12cm. h.

GC906
Price £50

 
Georgian wrythen ale glass on rudimentary stem (original blemish in bowl).
Late 18th century.  5 1/4"/13.5cm. h.

GE76
Price £55

Georgian half-wrythen ale on basal knop & rudimentary stem. Late 18th century.
4 7/8"/12.5cm. h.

GC27
Price £55 

 Georgian flute-moulded dwarf ale on knop & rudimentary stem. Mid 18th century.
4 1/2"/11.5cm. h.

GB686
Price £55

Georgian panel-cut drawn stem flute engraved with "tulip" pattern.
c. 1780-1800.  5 3/8"/13.5cm. h.  Small nick under foot rim.

GD511
Price £45

18th century champagnes were probably synonymous with ales, although unengraved examples would be used. By the early 19th century "flutes" became taller and narrower, often with fine cutting.

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Georgian panel-cut champagne flute on bladed collar & central knop stem.
Early 19th century.  6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.

GE208
Price £50

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Georgian panel-cut champagne flute on annulated collar & blade-knop stem.
Early 19th century.  7 1/2"/19cm. h.

GE207
Price £55

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Slender Georgian panel-cut champagne flute with everted lip on round-knop stem.  
Early 19th century.  7 1/4"/18.5cm. h.

GE204
Price £60

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Georgian panel-cut champagne flute with everted lip on round collar-knop & facetted stem.  
Early 19th century.  6 3/4"/17cm. h.

GE205
Price £55

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Georgian champagne flute with everted lip & slice-cut bowl & drawn stem.
Early 19th century.  6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.

GE206
Price £55

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Georgian panel-cut ale or champagne flute with everted lip, on facetted knop & stem.  
Early 19th century.  6 3/8"/16cm. h.

GE220
Price £50

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Georgian panel-cut champagne flute with everted lip on collar & blade-knop stem.  
Early 19th century.  6 3/4"/17cm. h.

GE219
Price £55

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Pair of 20th century French champagne bowls with hollow stems, engraved KRUG & Co REIMS on feet.  
4 1/2"/11.5cm. h., bowl dia. 3 3/8"/8.5cm.

GE164
SOLD

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Two Victorian facetted hollow-stem champagne bowls.  Late 19th century.  
GE213: 4 7/8"/12.25cm. h., bowl dia. 3 5/8"/9.25cm.
GE214: 4 3/4"/12.25cm. h., bowl dia. 3 3/8"/8.5cm.
GE213 & 214
SOLD

 
Set of four Georgian panel-cut champagne flutes with everted lips on round knops, short stems.  
Early 19th century.  7 1/4"/18.5cm. h.

GE139
SOLD

Fine pair of 19th century panel-cut champagne flutes with basal drop-knops.  
6 5/8"/17cm. h.

GE73
Price £110

 
19th century slice-cut champagne flute on conical foot.  
6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GE65
Price £50

19th century panel-cut champagne flute on hexagonally cut collar-knop & stem.  
6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GE66
Price £50

 
19th century panel-cut champagne flute on collar & blade-knop stem.  
6 3/4"/17cm. h.

GE67
Price £50

19th century panel-cut champagne flute on collar & blade-knop stem.  
6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GE68
Price £50

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