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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 Newcastle light baluster on teared & knopped stem, conical foot, round-funnel-bowl engraved with a broad band of decorative foliage.  
c. 1750.  7 1/2"/19cm.
GC870
Price £1600

 

 

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 £210

 

Pedestal stems

 

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 £210

 

 
A rare Georgian ratafia glass on plain stem & folded foot, with narrow hammered bowl.  
c. 1740.  7 1/8"/18cm. h.  Original fault at base of stem.

GPS3
Price £320

 

 

 


Georgian trumpet-bowl, drawn plain stem wine on conical foot.  Engraved later with a diamond point:
George Chappell    Born July 28th 1824    Died September 28th 1825  
Glass c. 1750s.  7"/17.5cm. h.
GPS2
Price £180

 

 
Georgian plain stem wine: hammered ogee-bowl engraved with hatched vesica pattern & large folded foot.  Probably Irish, Cork.  
c. 1780s.    5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GD797
Price £270

 

 

 


Classic Georgian ale flute engraved with hops & barley on plain stem & folded foot.  
Mid 18th century.  6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GD795
Price £180

 

 
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 £180

 

 

 


Unusually large bucket-bowl Georgian wine glass on plain stem & conical foot.  
c. 1750.  7"/18cm. h.

GD758
Price £210

 

 
Rare Georgian goblet with pointed round funnel-bowl on plain stem & large foot.  
c. 1750.  9"/23cm.

GD757
Price £280

 

 

 

 
Georgian toasting glass: drawn trumpet-bowl on slender plain stem & conical foot.  
Late 18th century.  8 1/4"/21cm. h.  Collector's sticker underneath.  Good for champagne!
GD866
Price £120

 

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

GPS9
Price £180

 

 

 


Georgian short cordial glass, ogee-bowl engraved with fruiting vine (13 grapes) & a plant on unusually thick stem & conical folded foot.  
c. 1745.  5 3/8"/13.75cm. h.   1 1/2 fl. oz. cap.  Collector's no. underneath.
GD627
 Price £270

 

 
Georgian trumpet-bowl wine on plain drawn stem & conical foot.  
Mid 18th century.  6 1/8"/15.5cm. h.

GD533
Price £140

 

 

 


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 £270

 

 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 £340

 

 

 


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

GPS7
Price £180

 

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

GD714
Price £270

 

 

 


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

GPS8
Price £180

 

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

GC838b
Price £230

 


Air twists

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

 
Fine Georgian trumpet-bowl, drawn stem MSAT wine on large conical foot.  
c. 1750.  7"/18cm. h.

GD929
Price £390

 

 

 


Georgian MSAT wine glass with shoulder & central swelling knops, plain round funnel bowl, conical foot.  
c. 1750.  6"/15.5cm. h.

GAT1
Price £350

 

 


Georgian MSAT wine with flared waisted bucket-bowl & conical foot.  
c. 1750.  6 1/4"/16cm. h.  Internal bubble at base of stem

GAT4
Price £310

 

 Classic Georgian cordial glass on MSAT stem with round basal knop & large conical foot. c. 1750.
6 1/4"/16cm., stem 3 5/8"/9.25cm., bowl 2 1/8"/5.5cm.

GC468
Price £710

 

 

 

 
Short Georgian MSAT wine or dram with classic trumpet-bowl & drawn stem om conical foot.  
c. 1750.  4 5/8"/12cm. h.

GAT3
Price £250

 

Georgian MSAT wine, central swelling knop, pan-top funnel-bowl.
c. 1750.  6"/15cm. h.

GC33
Price £450

 

 

 

Opaque twists

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

 


Georgian DSOT cordial: thick stem with four opaque spiral threads outside central gauze, round funnel bowl on conical foot.  
c. 1760.  6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GOT2
Price £540

 

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
Price £250

 

 

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 £95

 

 
Georgian diamond-facet-cut cordial glass engraved with a tulip & flying bird, swelling central knop, large conical foot.  
c. 1770.  5 3/4"/15cm. h.

GFC3
Price £280

 

 

 


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

GFC5
Price £150

 


Georgian hexagonally facetted wine: funnel-bowl engraved with swags at the rim, large conical foot.  
c. 1770.  5 1/4"/13.5cm. h.

GFC6
Price £220

 

 

 


Georgian hexagonally facetted wine/cordial glass, funnel-bowl cut with scoop-&-dart.  
c. 1770.  5"/12.5cm.

GD562
Price £120

 

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

GFC8
Price £120

 

 

 

 
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 £120

 

 


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

GD35
Price £120

 

 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 £390 the set, £260 a pair, £135 for one.

 

 

Collectors' drinking glasses

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