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From 1700 to 1800 saw an interesting progression of stem styles in glasses for drinking wine, cordials and spirit, more or less in the following order:
Balusters and balustroids
Pedestal stems
Plain stems
Air twists
Opaque twists
Incised twists
Facet stems 

Georgian Newcastle light baluster on teared & knopped stem, conical foot, round-funnel-bowl engraved with a broad band of decorative foliage.  
c. 1750.  7 1/2"/19cm.
GC870
Price £1600

 
18th century wine glass: engraved funnel-bowl on base with teardrop, balustroid stem of round knop & inverted baluster, high conical foot.  Possibly Scandinavian, otherwise Dutch.  c. 1770.  
6 1/4"/16cm.  Fine quality "cristallo" type metal - i.e., not lead.
GD30
Price £280

Georgian balustroid gin: long bell-bowl on annular knop, inverted baluster & basal knops, folded foot.
c. 1740. 4 1/2"/11.5 cm. h. Scratching in base of bowl.

GB541
Price £240

Georgian short cordial glass, ogee-bowl engraved with fruiting vine (13 grapes) & a plant on unusually thick stem & conical folded foot.  
c. 1745.  5 3/8"/13.75cm. h.   1 1/2 fl. oz. cap.  Collector's no. underneath.
GD627
 Price £310

 
Georgian trumpet-bowl wine on plain drawn stem & conical foot.  
Mid 18th century.  6 1/8"/15.5cm. h.

GD533
Price £140

Georgian drawn trumpet-bowl goblet on conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  8"/20cm.

GD418
Price £210

 
Georgian plain stem ale, funnel-bowl engraved with hops & barley, conical folded foot.  
Mid 18th century.  6 5/8"/16.75cm.

GD424
Price £250

Georgian trumpet-bowl wine glass on drawn plain stem with elongated tear drop & conical foot (lightly polished).  
c. 1750.  6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.

GD618
Price £160

 
Georgian plain stem wine with round funnel bowl & on conical folded foot.  
c. 1730.  6"/15cm.

GD420
Price £160

Georgian plain stem wine, drawn trumpet-bowl & conical foot.
 Mid 18th century.  6 1/2"/16.75cm. h.

GD532
Price £160

 
Georgian plain stem cordial glass with small hammered bowl on conical foot.  
c. 1740.  5 3/4"/14.5cm.  Capacity 1 fl. oz.

GD422
Price £180

 Classic Georgian plain stem cordial glass: small ogee bowl, long stem, large folded foot. c. 1740. Good dark, heavy metal.
6 1/4"/16cm.

GC505
Price £340

Unusual Georgian ale glass with waisted bell-bowl on plain stem & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  7 1/8"/18cm.

GD153
Price £320

 Georgian trumpet bowl wine on drawn stem with long tear drop, folded foot. c. 1745. 6 1/2"/16.5 cm. high.

GB345
Price £240

 
Georgian plain stem wine: hammered funnel-bowl engraved with a floral wreath; conical folded foot.  
c. 1750.  5 5/8"/14.5cm.

GC838b
Price £230

 
Unusual 18th century SSAT stem (pair of spiral cables) wine glass on conical foot, bucket-bowl with everted lip & moulded flutes to base.  
c. 1750.  6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GD552
Price £620

Georgian MSAT bell-bowl wine glass on large conical folded foot.  
c. 1750.  6 1/2"/16.5cm.  Bowl sadly scratched.

GD426
Price £220

 
Georgian MSAT wine on centre-swelled knop & conical foot, funnel bowl engraved with fruiting vine.
 c. 1755.  6 1/8"/15.5cm.

GC961
Price £450

Georgian MSAT trumpet-bowl drawn stem wine on large, beautifully formed conical foot.  
c. 1750.  5 3/4"/14.5cm. h.

GD631
Price £320

 Classic Georgian cordial glass on MSAT stem with round basal knop & large conical foot. c. 1750.
6 1/4"/16cm., stem 3 5/8"/9.25cm., bowl 2 1/8"/5.5cm.

GC468
Price £850

Georgian MSAT trumpet-bowl drawn stem wine glass on conical foot.
c. 1750.  6 3/4"/14.75cm.

GD371
Price £330

 Georgian MSAT wine, central swelling knop, pan-top funnel-bowl. c. 1750. 6"/15cm. h.

GC33
Price £620

Georgian DSOT wine: pair of multiply bands outside central multiply corkscrews, with hammered round-funnel bowl & conical foot.  
c. 1765.  5 3/4"/14.5cm.  Smuts & tiny nicks beneath.

GD579
Price £260

Small Georgian ovoid bowl cordial glass on DSOT stem (multiple spiral bands outside central lace twist) on large conical foot.
c. 1765.  4 5/8"/11.75cm.  Cap. 1 fl. oz. Tiny nicks below foot rim.  Cordials were strong fruit-based drinks, usually home-made, popular among the ladies.
GD313
Price £260

Mid 18th century wine glass: unusually moulded funnel-bowl on incised twist stem with tear drop & fine shoulder & basal knop; high conical folded foot.  Lead glass, possibly from Namur, c. 1760, by Sebastien Zoude.  6 1/8"/15.5cm.
GD448
Price £720

Georgian hexagonally facetted wine/cordial glass, funnel-bowl cut with scoop-&-dart.  
c. 1770.  5"/12.5cm.

GD562
Price £120

 
Georgian hexagonally facetted stem wine, funnel-bowl engraved with swags to the rim.  
c. 1770.  5 1/4"/13.25cm.

GD429
Price £180

 
Georgian hexagonally facetted stem wine, round funnel-bowl cut with facets to base & "oxo" round rim, on conical foot.  
c. 1770.  5 1/4"/13.5cm.

GD374b
Price £120

Georgian hexagonally facetted wine glass on large foot, cup-bowl cut with "oxo" pattern.  
c. 1770.  5"/12.5cm.  Marking under foot.

GD35
Price £120

 
Rare pair of Georgian short cordial glasses: funnel-bowls with scoop & dart decoration round rim, on stout facetted stems & large conical feet.  
c. 1770.  4 5/8"/12cm.
GD366
Price £240

 
Georgian hexagonally facetted stem wine: round funnel bowl engraved & polished with rose-buds & insect (bee?).  
c. 1770.  5 1/2"/14cm.

GD428
Price £210

Georgian hexagonal-facet-stem wine, large foot with rough pontil mark, cup-bowl engraved with classic "oxo" border.  
c. 1770.  4 5/8"/11.5cm.

GC832a
Price £110

 Set of three (or pair or singly) unusual Georgian diamond-facet-stem firing glasses, ogee-bowls with polished ovolo-bands, thick feet, polished pontils.
c. 1790. 4 1/2"/11.5cm.

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