Topic: Old? wine glass

[lyndhurst44]

Hi,
I purchased this crudely etched wine or port glass yesterday on the assumption that it might be quite old even dare I say it Georgian or 17th century in origin. As stated it has a crudely etched bowl, a rough pontil mark, an irregular dented clumsy striated base, it leans slightly off the base and it has air bubbles. Although it looks bright in the photo's it has a bit darker shade than modern glass. It measures 4" tall. I did have a small Georgian ale glass with etched vine and hops design that I sold to a dealer a couple of years ago and the colour of that glass was similar to this.
Do you think it's old or a modern copy please.
Thanks,
Bryn

[Ivo]

as a general rule, in old glass the foot should be wider than the cup, so you can stack them. If the foot falls inside the cup, alas.

[lyndhurst44]

Hi Ivo,
Phew! only just, the bowl is 5.5cms wide and the base 5.8cms at narrowest, because it does vary between 5.8 and a minute fraction under 6. I was really suprised because the bowl looked as though it had to be wider.
Bryn