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Firing Glass

The drinking glass has a trumpet shaped bowl, thick conical foot rising from which is a thick stem with an internal twist of four white spiral threads enclosing a twelve ply column also in white. The foot of the glass is exceptionally thick suggesting use as a firing glass.
Size: Height: 15.1 cm

Place: England

Object Type: glass

Period: George III

Broad Date: Late Georgian

Actual Date: c. 1765

Century: 18th century

Museum Accession Number: 1979.38.1/G.