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Wine Glass

Small wine glass of plain clear glass. The bowl is of ogee shape with gilding; a plain band around the rim and a spray of vine leaves, tendrils and grapes with the details scratched in. The bowl is supported by a stem with a double series twist, the inner one a gauze spiral, the outer a band of twelve fine threads in a spiral, all in opaque white of a rather milky consistency.
Size: Height: 14.5 cm; Base - diameter: 6.1 cm; Rim - diameter: 4.8 cm.

Place: England

Object Type: glass

Period: George III

Broad Date: Late Georgian

Actual Date: c. 1770

Century: 18th century

Museum Accession Number: 1939/G.489