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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 

 
Particularly intricate Georgian composite stem wine: bell-bowl, MSAT from base of bowl into baluster knop, teared round, then inverted baluster & ball knops, on conical foot.  
c. 1750.  6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.
GE289
SOLD

Georgian funnel-bowl light baluster wine with knops at shoulder & centre of stem, on conical folded foot.  
c. 1750.  5 7/8"/15cm. h.

LB4
SOLD

 
Georgian balustroid wine: funnel-bowl engraved with flower spray on central round knop stem & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  5 3/8"/14cm. h.

LB7
Price £240

Very fine Georgian light baluster-stem wine glass with two annular knops, at shoulder & centre, round funnel bowl & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  6 1/2"/16.5cm. h.

GE159
Price £380

 
Georgian balustroid wine: round funnel fluted bowl on stem with central swelled knop & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  5 5/8"/14.5cm. h.

LB6
Price £230

 
18th century eight-sided Silesian stem wine glass with funnel-bowl on conical folded foot.  
c. 1750.  6"/15cm. h.

GE191
SOLD

 
Georgian trumpet-bowl wine glass on plain drawn stem with teardrop & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  6 3/8"/16cm. h.

GE232
Price £240

Classic Georgian plain stem wine: bell-bowl with solid base & teardrop, conical folded foot.  
c. 1740s.  6 3/8"/16.5cm. h.

GPS5
Price £210

 
Georgian plain stem wine glass with bucket-bowl on large conical foot.
 Mid 18th century.  6 1/8"/15.5cm. h.  Tiny nibble underneath foot rim.

GD703
Price £180

Classic Georgian bell-bowl wine on plain stem & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  5 1/2" /14cm. h.

GE141
Price £190

 
Georgian plain stem wine glass with hammered ogee-bowl on conical folded foot.  
c. 1750.  5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GPS9
Price £180

Georgian plain stem wine, funnel-bowl engraved with two flower sprays, conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  6"/15.5cm. h.  Slight scratch in bowl.

GPS6
SOLD

 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

Well-made Georgian plain stem wine with funnel-bowl  & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  6"/15.5cm. h.  Slight scratch in bowl.

GPS7
Price £180

 
Georgian plain stem cordial glass on domed & folded foot.  
c. 1730.  5"/13cm. h.

GD714
Price £270

Classic Georgian plain stem wine glass with bucket-bowl & conical folded foot.  
c. 1740.  5 3/4"/14.5cm. h.

GPS8
Price £180

 
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

 
Imposing Georgian MSAT wine glass with vermicular collar: twist starting from base of bell-bowl; large conical foot.  
c. 1770.  7 5/8"/19.25cm. h.

GE221
Price £610

Fine Georgian bell-bowl wine on mercury-twist stem & large high conical foot.  
c. 1750.  6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GE115
Price £480

 Classic Georgian cordial glass on MSAT stem with round basal knop & large conical foot.  
c. 1750.  6 1/4"/16cm. h.

GC468
Price £710

Elegant Georgian ratafia glass: trumpet-bowl with basal flutes on DSOT stem (pair of corkscrew tapes outside gauze) & conical foot.  
c. 1770.  6 5/8"/17cm. h.

GE288
SOLD

 
Georgian SSOT wine (single spiral gauze) with waisted bucket-bowl & high conical foot.  
c. 1760.  6 7/8"/17.5cm.

GE267
Price £360

Georgian DSOT wine glass (3 spiral tapes outside central gauze): high ogee-bowl with fluted ribbing, large conical foot.  c. 1760.  6"/15.25cm. h.  Tiny nick to rim.

GE116
SOLD

 
Interesting Georgian coarsely incised twist wine, fine bell-bowl with solid base & large tear drop, on conical foot, in soda glass.  
c. 1755.  6 7/8"/17.5cm. h.

GIT1
SOLD

Short Georgian hexagonally facetted wine with, unusually, a fluted funnel-bowl, on thick elliptical foot.  
c. 1770.  4 3/8"/11cm. h.

GFC11
SOLD

 
Elegant Georgian facetted wine glass: scale-cut ogee-bowl, hexagonal columnar stem with swelling knop cut with diamonds, & facetted foot with scalloped edge.  
c. 1790.  6 1/4"/16cm.
GE268
Price £350

Georgian facet-cut wine, swelling central knop, funnel-bowl with facetted base.  
c. 1780.  5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GFC5
Price £150

 
Georgian hexagonally facetted wine: plain funnel-bowl, conical foot.  
c. 1775.  5 1/2"/14cm. h.

GFC8
Price £120

 
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 diamond-facetted-stem wine with elegant swelling knop; flared funnel-bowl, finely engraved witrh floral band & two birds; conical foot.  
c. 1770.  6"/15.5cm. h.

GE158
Price £375

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

 Pair of 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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