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Category : Georgian opaque twist champagne flute
Date : c1760
Period : George III
Origin : England
Color : Clear with opaque threads in the stem
Bowl : Trumpet shaped
Stem : Double series opaque twist consisting of a pair of helical wires outside a mesh (DSOT)
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type: Lead
Size: +/-19 cm high with a bowl of +/- 6.5 cm and a foot of +/-7.0 cm
Condition : Like new
Restoration : None
Weight : +/- 127 grams
Refererte: An Illustrated Guide to Eighteenth-Century English Drinking Glasses, by L.M. Bickerton, page 224, number 675
The glasses will be packaged very carefully and sent by registered mail 67150693
