New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Wine glass

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEnglish

Date18th century

MediumLead glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. E. Tunnicliff Fox, Jr.

Object number91.11

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 4, Section 3 Sh3

DescriptionWine glass of colorless lead glass with a trumpet-shaped bowl. Two-ring collar between bowl and stem. Opaque white twists in stem consisting of a pair of heavy spiral threads outside a lace twist. One merese between stem & foot. Domed foot. Four medium-sized to large flakes in the edge of foot.

Published ReferencesL.M. Bickerton, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES, 1986 ed., for trumpet-shape bowl on stem with similar rings see fig. 375, pg. 147, for identical twist arrangement see fig. 1,205, pg. 362.