Rare Queen Anne Heavy Baluster Wine Drinking Glass, English Circa 1700

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Rare Queen Anne Heavy Baluster Wine Drinking Glass, English Circa 1700

About the Item

This is a very good English, hand-blown, Heavy Baluster wine drinking glass, dating to the late 17th century to very early in the 18th century, circa 1690-1710 which spans the reigns of William and Mary to William 111 to Queen Anne. Heavy baluster glasses are rare and very collectible representing the finest of English drinking glasses. It is handblown from English lead glass. These very early glasses had a larger lead content, making them heavier and giving them a darker grey color compared with glasses later in the 18th century. There is some age related wear to both the rim of the bowl and to the foot rim as expected with over 300 years of use. The glass has the usual striations, inclusions and tiny bubbles you would expect to see in 18th century glass, which gives these glasses their unique charm, with no two glasses being the same. This glass has a waisted bell bowl with a solid glass base which encloses a long air tear (air bubble). The bowl sits on a heavy inverted baluster knop stem enclosing a heart shaped air tear with a further basal knop below. The stem leads to a good conical folded foot having a rough snapped-off pontil mark to the underside. A very similar glass is illustrated in L.M. Bickerton's excellent book called Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses, published by The Antique Collectors' Club. See pages 64 to 80 and Plate 59, Page 66 in particular. Dimensions: Rim diameter: 2.57 inches. Foot diameter: 2.69 inches. Height: 5.25 inches. Weight: 164.5 gram. This represents a very heavy glass, relative to a later 18th century glass of the same height, which would weigh about 110 gram. ********************************* FREE GLOBAL SHIPPING ***********************************

Dimensions:
Height: 5.25 in (13.34 cm)Diameter: 2.69 in (6.84 cm)
Style:
Queen Anne (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Early 18th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1690 to 1710
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Overall Very Good for a wine glass well over 300 years old. One tiny outer bowl rim flea bite/nibble. One tiny foot rim flea bite / dig. These are very small and easier to feel than see - Please see final images. NO other issues that we can see.
Seller Location:
Lincoln, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: G 2921stDibs: LU99035470893