ANTIQUE GLASS

 Ale & champagne glasses

 Tazzas, sweetmeats, jellies

Bargain shelf

 Rummers

Home 

 Collectors' curiosities

 Smaller collectable glass

Decanters, carafes, jugs

Venetian/Murano 

  Table glass

 Currency converter

 How to buy

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 drawn funnel-bowl ale flute engraved with hops & barley, on rudimentary stem & conical foot.  
Late 18th century.  5 1/8"/13cm. h.

GE691
SOLD

 
Fine, early Georgian trumpet-bowl drawn stem ale flute on folded foot.
Mid 18th century.  5 1/4" /13.5cm. h.

GE692
Price £60

Georgian flute-moulded ale glass on collar & blade-knop stem.  
c. 1800.  5 1/4"/13.5cm. h.

GE633
Price £45

 
Georgian flute-moulded ale on collar & blade-knop stem.  
c. 1800.  5 3/8"/13.5cm. h.

GE632
Price £45

Very fine pair of Georgian ale flutes engraved with hops & barley, on annular collar- & cushion-basal-knops, folded feet & sharp, rough pontil marks.  
Mid 18th century.  4 7/8"/12.5cm. h.
GE690
One Sold Price for the other £95

 
Georgian wrythen ale glass on basal knop & big foot.  
Late 18th century.  4 5/8"/12cm. h.

GE595
Price £65

Georgian trumpet-bowl ale flute on bladed collar-knop & plain stem.
 c. 1810.  5 5/8"/14.5cm. h.

GE318
Price £55

 
Large Georgian wrythen ale on basal knop & rudimentary stem.  
Late 18th century.  5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GE645
Price £70

 
Georgian trumpet-bowl drawn stem ale glass on conical foot.
 Late 18th century.  5 1/4"/13.5cm. h.

GE265c
Price £40

 
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

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

GD653ab
Price £65 each, 653b Sold

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.

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

GE605
SOLD

 
Georgian panel-cut champagne flute with everted lip on collar & annular-knop stem.  
c. 1830.  6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GE606
SOLD

19th century panel-cut champagne flute on round-knop stem.  
c. 1840.  6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GE607
SOLD

Set of five pretty acid-etched champagne bowls with everted lips, possibly Continental.  One with slight rubbing to etching.  c. 1900.  
4 1/2"/11.5cm. h., 3 1/4"/8.5cm. dia.

GE583
SOLD

Set of four good quality champagne bowls cut with a band of printies & machine-engraved, on slender stems.  Stourbridge.
c. 1880.  4 3/8"/11cm. h., 3 5/8"/9cm. dia.

GE581
SOLD

 
Georgian panel-cut champagne flute with everted lip on collar & blade-knop stem.  
Early 19th century.  7 1/8"/18.25cm. h.

GE604
SOLD

Georgian panel-cut champagne flute on cushion knop & plain stem.  
Early 19th century.  7 1/4"/18.5cm. h.

GE485
SOLD

Decanters, carafes, jugs

Tazzas, sweetmeats, jellies

Table glass

Rummers

Collectors' curiosities

Ale & champagne glasses

Smaller collectable glass

Venetian/Murano

Home

 Bargain shelf

Currency converter

Links

How to buy