Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760

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Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Beautiful wine glass flute, hand blown with cut and gilded decoration of a bird among flowers on a baluster shaped stem wit ha trapper air bubble; antique Continental European from circa 1760. Base 7 cm diameter.

Condition: scratches, minor surface wear

Size: Height: 17 cm Diameter: 6.7 cm

Style notes — Georgian period mainly refers to the second half of the 18th century and up to the 1820s. The style was predominantly neo-classical, that looked back at the ancient Greece and Rome and used those elements in design and decoration. Most Georgian items have straight and very clean lines and elegant repetitive floral patterns.

Facts of Lavish Cool history — wine bottles are widely used from the early 1600s, thanks to the Italian glass blowers. At the same time the French began storing bottled and corked wine.

Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760
Gilded Wine Glass circa 1760