One of a set of six glasses, with bell bowls engraved with fruiting vines and on plain stems. The plain stems, in contrast to the rather ethereal beauty of the light-reflecting airtwist stems, which had been developed earlier in the century, convey a heavy solidity somewhat at odds with the engraved bowls.
Categories: Exhibitions | Glass | The Georgians at Burghley |
A wine glass, circa 1750.
REFERENCE: GLA09557
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