Lichfield District Council
Wine Glass - Ogee Bowl and Facetted Stem - Late 18th Century (12.1 cm high)
Location: Lichfield District Council
Accession number: GL16
A wine glass with an ogee style bowl and facetted stem, manufactured in England in the late 18th Century.
The glass has an undecorated, plain sided ogee style bowl.
The stem has been decorated by being cut with multiple flat geometric shapes, known as a cut facetted stem. The stem has been drawn from the base of the bowl, a technique whereby the bowl and stem are constructed of the same piece of glass. This is done by stretching the base of the bowl into the shape of the stem whilst the glass is still molten. A single bubble shaped tear sits at the top of the stem, below the bowl.
The glass stands on a wide conical foot with an unground pontil. This pontil is a bump which was left over from the manufacturing process and marks the point where the glassblower's pipe was attached to the glass.
Cut facetted stems of this style grew in popularity throughout the latter half of the 18th century. Their popularity grew largely out of the British Government's introduction of a duty on enamel, which significantly increased the price of rival, enamel twist stem glasses.
Wine Glass - Ogee Bowl and Facetted Stem - Late 18th Century (12.1 cm high)
Location: Lichfield District Council
Accession number: GL16
A wine glass with an ogee style bowl and facetted stem, manufactured in England in the late 18th Century.
The glass has an undecorated, plain sided ogee style bowl.
The stem has been decorated by being cut with multiple flat geometric shapes, known as a cut facetted stem. The stem has been drawn from the base of the bowl, a technique whereby the bowl and stem are constructed of the same piece of glass. This is done by stretching the base of the bowl into the shape of the stem whilst the glass is still molten. A single bubble shaped tear sits at the top of the stem, below the bowl.
The glass stands on a wide conical foot with an unground pontil. This pontil is a bump which was left over from the manufacturing process and marks the point where the glassblower's pipe was attached to the glass.
Cut facetted stems of this style grew in popularity throughout the latter half of the 18th century. Their popularity grew largely out of the British Government's introduction of a duty on enamel, which significantly increased the price of rival, enamel twist stem glasses.