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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

Particularly intricate Georgian composite stem wine: bell-bowl, MSAT from base of bowl into baluster knop, teared round, then inverted baluster & ball knops, on conical foot.
c. 1750. 6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.
GE289
SOLD

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
SOLD

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
SOLD

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
SOLD

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
SOLD

Pedestal stems

18th century eight-sided Silesian stem wine glass with funnel-bowl on conical folded foot.
c. 1750. 6"/15cm. h.

GE191
SOLD

Plain stems

Classic Georgian trumpet-bowl wine on thick drawn stem with large teardrop, on thick foot (with collector's number underneath).
c. 1740. c. 5"/13cm. h.

GE563
SOLD

Georgian excise wine glass: trumpet-bowl engraved with egg & dart to rim, on added hollow stem & conical foot.
c. 1760. 6"/15.5cm. h.

GE467
SOLD

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
SOLD

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

Georgian MSAT trumpet-bowl wine on drawn stem & conical foot.
c. 1750. 6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.

GE495
SOLD

Georgian composite stem wine: drawn trumpet bowl on shortened plain section & MSAT stem with shoulder knop, large conical foot.
c. 1750. 6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GE374
Price Ł450

Georgian MSAT trumpet bowl, drawn stem wine on conical foot.
c. 1750. 6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.
Possibly polished, but with wear marks, good colour good proportions.
Rim dia. 2 11/16", foot 2 13/16"
GE375
SOLD

Imposing Georgian MSAT wine glass with vermicular collar: twist starting from base of bell-bowl; large conical foot.
c. 1770. 7 5/8"/19.25cm. h.

GE221
Price Ł610

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

A rare Beilby enamelled wine: round-funnel bowl delicately painted with a peacock on one side & a peahen on the other, each standing on a greenish foliage scroll, an insect between each bird, vestiges of gilding at rim; unusually, on SSOT stem (lace twist outlined) & large conical foot which, sadly, is AF.
c. 1765. 5 1/2"/14cm. h.
SR436
SOLD

Georgian DSOT wine: pair of tapes outside central gauze; ogee bowl engraved with fruiting vine on conical foot.
c. 1760. 6"/15cm. h.

GE494
SOLD

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
SOLD

Elegant Georgian facetted wine glass: scale-cut ogee-bowl, hexagonal columnar stem with swelling knop cut with diamonds, & facetted foot with scalloped edge.
c. 1790. 6 1/4"/16cm.
GE268
Price Ł350

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
SOLD

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
SOLD

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
SOLD

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

GD35
SOLD

Pair of unusual Georgian diamond-facet-stem firing glasses, ogee-bowls with polished ovolo-bands, thick feet, polished pontils.
c. 1790. 4 1/2"/11.5cm.

GC614ab
SOLD

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