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C1750 Rare Georgian Hollow Short Excise Wine Glass browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Glass: English: Pre 1800: item # 879782 Please refer to our stock # P18DG 175 when inquiring.
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| A rare English Georgian glass dating to the mid 18th century. A funnel bowl with solid base; above a hollow blown stem and then onto a conical foot with a deep polished pontil. Height: 4 11/16” Rim: Just under 2 1/8” Foot: 2 ¼” Good condition with light wear to the bearing surface of the foot and good tooling marks to the foot edge. As a reaction to the glass excise act of 1745 a range of hollow stem glasses was produced. All of these glasses are beautifully produced and all are scarce; however it is more usual to encounter a standard sized wine glass of approx 6”. This short wine or dram glass is much more rare; due naturally to its size, but also because of the polished pontil. This shows pumice haze as evidence of period production and is quite unusual for a drinking glass of this date, though the practice of cutting and polishing of glass had commenced in England much before this. A rare glass. | ||
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