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Antique Georgian Light Baluster Wine Glass c.1750
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Pre 1800 item# 1181672 (stock# 1321)
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A nicely proportioned light baluster wine glass with trumpet bowl with thick base above a stem with a beaded shoulder knop and medial teared inverted baluster knop all standing on a plain conical foot with broken pontil mark.
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Height 6½ inches;
Bowl diameter 2¾ inches;
Foot diameter 3 inches.
CONDITION:
In excellent condition with normal wear to the underside of the foot and bowl rim. No evidence of restoration.
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A Pair of Sunderland Bridge Rummers c.1820
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1180681 (stock# 1513)
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A fine pair of Sunderland Bridge souvenir rummers dating from the early part of the 19th century. The glasses have a bucket shaped bowls supported on a capstan stem with medial bladed knop sitting on a plain conical foot with ground pontil mark. The front of the bowl is engraved with a representation of the Sunderland Bridge under which is a two masted collier brig. The reverse has a foliate cartouche engraved with the initials “ISMcK”. It is interesting to note that “Sunderland Bridge” rummers are in fact depictions of the Wearmouth Bridge, opened in August 1796. At the time the bridge was the longest single span, cast-iron bridge ever built.
DIMENSIONS:
Height 5¼ inches;
Bowl diameter 3⅝ inches;
Foot diameter 3 inches.
CONDITION:
Both glasses are in immaculate, unrestored, condition with minimal wear to the bowl rims and feet.
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Rare Heavy Baluster Dram Glass c.1700
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1177108 (stock# 1512)
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A fascinating heavy baluster dram glass of historical interest. The glass itself is a particularly good example of the classic type of heavy baluster dram glass with a round funnel bowl with heavy base above a large inverted baluster stem with central tear standing on a plain conical foot with an unusual step or terrace on the upper part of the foot. Under the bowl rim, in diamond point, is engraved the legend “A Change so swift what Heart did ever feel” Also there is an engraved cupid’s heart with an arrow and a swastika (at that time a symbol of love). It would seem that this glass is a suitable candidate for having been used by members of the famous and influential 18th century Kit-Cat Club. (See notes below.)
DIMENSIONS:
Height 4½ inches;
Bowl diameter 2½ inches;
Foot diameter 2¾ inches.
CONDITION:
In good original condition. Fairly heavy wear to underside of the foot.
NOTES:
This glass’s links with the Kit-Cat Club are not possible to be either proved or disproved. However, the following notes may provide some thoughts that allow us to piece together and speculate on the true history of the glass.
The engraved writing around the glass is a quote from the highly influential John Dryden, a highly regarded poet and playwright of his time. The legend is a quote from Dryden’s play script ‘The Spanish Fryar’, first published in1681. The play includes the characters Leonora, Queen of Arragon and Torrismond, a general. The Queen’s father had bequeathed his crown to her and also her hand in marriage to Prince Bertran. Torrismond, a soldier who had been banished to the frontiers and had risen to become a general, falls hopelessly in love with her and she with him. However, on realizing the inappropriateness of the relationship she sends him away from court only to change her mind almost immediately when she says the words engraved on the glass… “A Change so swift what Heart did ever feel”
Dryden was an influential poet and playwright who “held court” in a drinking club called the The Witty Club in Will’s Coffee House, a club to which aspiring writers clamoured to be a member of. One of the members, Jacob Tonson, was Dryden’s publisher and founder member of the Kit-Cat Club. Upon Dryden’s death in 1700 the Kit-Cat club prospered at the expense of the Witty Club. Part of the official ’business’ of these clubs was that after their meal they would nominate a ‘beauty.’ This was done by reciting a clever, witty poem extolling the virtues of their chosen subject of adulation and then drinking a toast to her. Part of the ritual was engraving on a glass with a diamond her name and a piece of complimentary verse. Ophelia Fields, in her book “The Kit-Cat Club”, says that no engraved glass as described appears to have survived, although she later referred to a glass engraved with the name of Mrs Walpole from the Hartshorne collection and sold at Bonhams in December 2010 as described by Hartshorne as being a Kit-Cat Club toasting glass. Unfortunately that glass has a wooden replacement foot.
In light of the attributes of the glass on offer it seems not unreasonable to propose the possibility that this glass is one of the original Kit-Cat toasting glasses: the glass dates to circa 1700, has a quote from Dryden engraved on it and has considerable of wear on the foot which indicates long and regular use.
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Uncommon Antique Heavy Baluster Dram Glass c.1715
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Pre 1800 item# 1163566 (stock# 1415)
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A small heavy baluster period dram or cordial glass, in proportion more like a wine glass, has a round funnel bowl with heavy base above a short section of plain stem leading to a slightly elongated teared ball knop above a true baluster basal knop standing on a conical folded foot. The bowl is quite small being of cordial size i.e. under 1 fl oz.
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Height 4½ inches;
Bowl diameter 1¾ inches;
Foot diameter 2⅛ inches.
CONDITION:
In good original and unrestored condition with the expected patterns of wear found in a glass of this age.
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Antique Heavy Baluster Dram Glass c.1715
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Pre 1800 item# 1163563 (stock# 1476)
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A nicely proportioned lead crystal heavy baluster dram glass with slightly waisted round funnel bowl with solid base above a heavy baluster stem with shoulder inverted baluster knop with elongated tear to a basal knop all standing on a conical folded foot with broken pontil mark.
DIMENSIONS:
Height 4½ inches;
Bowl diameter 2¼ inches;
Foot diameter 2¾ inches.
CONDITION:
In good original condition. Patterns of wear indicate that the slightly wavy bowl rim is as the glass was made.
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A Rare Plain Stem “Half Lynn” Wine Glass c.1750
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Pre 1800 item# 1161628 (stock# 1466)
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An antique English lead crystal wine glass with a round funnel bowl with “Lynn” horizontal concentric moulded rings to the lower half. This elegant and rare form bowl is supported on an equally rare plain stem standing on a conical folded foot.
The above is a brief description for a beautifully simple and plain glass. With this glass the term “rare” really is appropriate. Barrington Haynes, in his book Glass Through the Ages, in the section on plain-stemmed glasses with round funnel bowls says, “One with Lynn rings is known.” As far as I can ascertain there may be two other than this one. One is illustrated in Bickerton, (current whereabouts unkown), and the other, unfortunately with some restoration, is currently available from one of the UK’s leading antique glass dealers. The glass offered here differs from the other two in that it only has Lynn moulding to the lower half of the bowl. Haynes, writing in Churchill’s Glass Notes 8 in 1948 on page 45 gives a clear comparison between two similarly configured double series opaque twist Lynn glasses. He gives the one with the rings only on the lower half of the bowl the price of £12 compared with the price of £8 for the relatively common fully moulded Lynn… a 50% premium for the feature. These prices also give an indication of the general price of Lynn DSOT glasses at this time… generally between £8-10 with an additional premium of up to another £4 for examples with folded feet. When one compares the price of a plain stem Lynn we see Haynes gives a further premium. In Glass Notes 15, on page 45, he prices a plain stem Lynn with folded foot at double the price at £16. All in all these premiums for the configuration of this style of glass give a clear indication of the rarity of this glass… this was at the time when a good heavy baluster wine glass with conical bowl and inverted baluster knop could be bought for £15!
DIMENSIONS:
Height – 5⅞ inches;
Bowl diameter – 2⅛ inches;
Foot diameter – 2⅞ inches.
CONDITION:
In superb original and unrestored condition with the expected signs of wear to the foot and bowl rim. The bowl is beautifully clear with no scratching. The glass has a reassuring untamperable folded foot and an equally reassuring shear mark to the bowl rim.
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Large Antique Georgian Plain Stem Goblet c. 1740
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Pre 1800 item# 1132933 (stock# 1396)
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£595
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An unusually large Georgian wine goblet with a thick-based bell bowl above a plain stem standing on a conical folded foot. The glass is made from wonderfully oily looking lead metal. The bowl displays the striation and tooling marks you would expect of a handmade glass of this period.
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Height – 8¼ inches;
Bowl diameter – 4½ inches;
Foot diameter – 4⅜ inches.
CONDITION:
The glass is in fine original condition.
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Rare Georgian Facet Cut Lead Crystal Goblet c. 1790
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Pre 1800 item# 1117046 (stock# 1358)
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A fascinating and enigmatic glass. On first look this glass appears to be a fairly straightforward facet stem goblet. However, closer inspection reveals a glass of some interest. The goblet’s bowl is of ogee form with straight sides engraved with swags, stars and a circle of polished ovals to the bottom of the bowl. The plain conical foot with broken pontil mark supports a facet cut stem. It is the cutting of the stem that alerts one to the interest in this glass… the facets are of an unrecorded type in being oval in shape and not touching… more like printies. Also they are quite hollow: an indication that the wheel used for cutting was quite small. Picture 6 shows the glass next to a very similar shaped glass with a plain stem, no decoration and of similar dark metal. The plain stem glass would normally be dated to about 1740 and yet the engraving style of the facet stem glass would indicate a later date of circa 1790. The engraving has many similarities with Irish glass of the latter date and perhaps this is the explanation for this unusual facet stem glass. Perhaps the glass is of Irish manufacture and highlights a degree of slightly old fashioned provincialism.
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Height – 6¾ inches;
Bowl diameter – 2⅞ inches;
Foot diameter – 3 inches.
CONDITION:
In faultless condition.
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Georgian Antique Opaque Twist Wine Goblet c. 1785
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Pre 1800 item# 1116739 (stock# 1357)
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A well formed lead crystal English wine goblet with relatively rare ovoid bowl petal moulded to the lower half above a double series opaque twist stem made up of a 16-ply spiral band outside a pair of spiral threads stranding on a plain conical foot with broken pontil mark. You will perhaps have noticed that I have dated this glass slightly later than is usual for DSOTs which are, by convention, generally dated to around 1765 or 1770. This is because the bowl is constructed in a very similar way to Adam inspired rummers (often with lemon squeezer bases) which were made from about 1785. The particularly crisp moulding along with a fairly thick bowl suggest that the glass was made at a similar time as these early rummers.
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Height – 6¼ inches;
Bowl diameter –3⅛ inches;
Foot diameter – 3¼ inches.
CONDITION:
Excellent condition with the expected wear to bowl rim and bearing surface of the foot.
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Georgian Air Twist Wine Glass with Moulded Bowl c. 1755
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Pre 1800 item# 1086976 (stock# 1182)
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A rather refined Georgian lead crystal wine glass with large round funnel bowl flute moulded to the lower half above a multi-spiral air twist stem with an inverted baluster shoulder knop all standing on plain conical foot. This really is a most delightful and charming glass. The photographs unfortunately fail to fully represent the beautiful unctuous metal or the way the trapped air in the stem sparkles in the light.
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Height – 6¾ inches;
Bowl diameter – 2⅞ inches;
Foot diameter – 2¾ inches.
CONDITION:
Good original condition with a small (1.5 mm) and unobtrusive white inclusion one third of the way up the bowl. There are the expected patterns of wear to the foot and bowl rim.
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