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Collectors' Drinking Glasses

From 1700 to 1800 saw an interesting progression of stem styles in glasses for drinking wine, cordials and spirit, more or less in the following order:
Balusters and balustroids
Pedestal stems
Plain stems
Air twists
Opaque twists
Incised twists
Facet stems

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Balusters and balustroids

Georgian funnel-bowl light baluster wine with knops at shoulder & centre of stem, on conical folded foot.
c. 1750. 5 7/8"/15cm. h.

LB4
Price Ł320

Georgian balustroid wine: funnel-bowl engraved with flower spray on central round knop stem & conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 5 3/8"/14cm. h.

LB7
Price Ł240

Very fine Georgian light baluster-stem wine glass with two annular knops, at shoulder & centre, round funnel bowl & conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.

GE159
Price Ł380

Georgian balustroid wine: round funnel fluted bowl on stem with central swelled knop & conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 5 5/8"/14.5cm. h.

LB6
Price Ł230

Georgian balustroid gin: long bell-bowl on annular knop, inverted baluster & basal knops, folded foot.
c. 1740. 4 1/2"/11.5 cm. h. Scratching in base of bowl.
GB541
Price Ł210

Pedestal stems

Handsome Georgian champagne glass on 12-sided moulded pedestal-stem, double ogee-bowl with everted rim, single shoulder-collar & 4 basal ones, domed & folded foot.
c. 1750. 6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.
SS2
SOLD

Handsome Georgian champagne glass on Silesian stem: large ogee-bowl with everted rim on bladed collar, 8-sided moulded pedestal-stem, 4-ring collar to base, domed & folded foot.
c. 1750. 7 1/2"/19cm. h.
SS1
SOLD

Unusual Georgian champagne glass: cup-topped round funnel-bowl on solid base-knop & 8-sided pedestal-stem, domed & folded foot.
c. 1745. 7 1/8"/18.25cm. h.

SS3
SOLD

Plain stems

Classic Georgian plain stem wine: bell-bowl with solid base & teardrop, conical folded foot.
c. 1740s. 6 3/8"/16.5cm. h.

GPS5
Price Ł210

Georgian plain stem wine glass with bucket-bowl on large conical foot.
Mid 18th century. 6 1/8"/15.5cm. h. Tiny nibble underneath foot rim.

GD703
Price Ł180

Classic Georgian bell-bowl wine on plain stem & conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 5 1/2" /14cm. h.

GE141
Price Ł190

Georgian plain stem wine glass with hammered ogee-bowl on conical folded foot.
c. 1750. 5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GPS9
Price Ł180

Georgian plain stem wine, funnel-bowl engraved with two flower sprays, conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 6"/15.5cm. h. Slight scratch in bowl.

GPS6
Price Ł270

Classic Georgian plain stem cordial glass: small ogee bowl, long stem, large folded foot. c. 1740. Good dark, heavy metal.
6 1/4"/16cm.

GC505
Price Ł340

Well-made Georgian plain stem wine with funnel-bowl & conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 6"/15.5cm. h. Slight scratch in bowl.

GPS7
Price Ł180

Georgian plain stem cordial glass on domed & folded foot.
c. 1730. 5"/13cm. h.

GD714
Price Ł270

Classic Georgian plain stem wine glass with bucket-bowl & conical folded foot.
c. 1740. 5 3/4"/14.5cm. h.

GPS8
Price Ł180

Georgian plain stem wine: hammered funnel-bowl engraved with a floral wreath; conical folded foot.
c. 1750. 5 5/8"/14.5cm.

GC838b
Price Ł230

Air twists

N.B. MSAT = Multiple-spiral air twist
DSAT = Double-series air twist
SSAT = Single-series air twist

Fine Georgian bell-bowl wine on mercury-twist stem & large high conical foot.
c. 1750. 6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GE115
Price Ł480

Opaque twists

N.B. DSOT = Double-series opaque twist
MSOT = Multiple-spiral opaque twist
SSOT = Single-series opaque twist

Georgian DSOT wine glass (3 spiral tapes outside central gauze): high ogee-bowl with fluted ribbing, large conical foot. c. 1760. 6"/15.25cm. h. Tiny nick to rim.

GE116
Price Ł310

Incised twists

Interesting Georgian coarsely incised twist wine, fine bell-bowl with solid base & large tear drop, on conical foot, in soda glass.
c. 1755. 6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GIT1
SOLD

Facet stems

Short Georgian hexagonally facetted wine with, unusually, a fluted funnel-bowl, on thick elliptical foot.
c. 1770. 4 3/8"/11cm. h.

GFC11
Price Ł95

Georgian diamond-facetted wine glass, ogee-bowl engraved & cut with swags, conical foot.
c. 1770. 4 3/4"/12cm. h.

GE142
SOLD

Georgian facet-cut wine, swelling central knop, funnel-bowl with facetted base.
c. 1780. 5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GFC5
Price Ł150

Georgian hexagonally facetted wine: plain funnel-bowl, conical foot.
c. 1775. 5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GFC8
Price Ł120

Georgian hexagonally facetted stem wine, round funnel-bowl cut with facets to base & "oxo" round rim, on conical foot.
c. 1770. 5 1/4"/13.5cm.

GD374b
Price Ł120

Georgian diamond-facetted-stem wine with elegant swelling knop; flared funnel-bowl, finely engraved witrh floral band & two birds; conical foot.
c. 1770. 6"/15.5cm. h.

GE158
Price Ł375

Georgian hexagonally facetted wine glass on large foot, cup-bowl cut with "oxo" pattern.
c. 1770. 5"/12.5cm. Marking under foot.

GD35
Price Ł120

Set of three (or pair or singly) unusual Georgian diamond-facet-stem firing glasses, ogee-bowls with polished ovolo-bands, thick feet, polished pontils.
c. 1790. 4 1/2"/11.5cm.

GC614abc
Price Ł390 the set, Ł260 a pair, Ł135 for one.

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