Topic: Drinking glass with twisted stem

[malcmat]

I well out of my depth with regards to drinking glasses and have acquired a number of them and  hope i can get any relevant information of age etc.
The first glass has a twisted stem and a rough snapped off pontil mark.
Lots of ware to base.
5 inches tall or 13cm
2 3/4 inch dia at base or 7cm
Many thanks
Malc

[NevB]

https://antique-marks.com/support-files/antique-marks-georgian-glass-2.pdf  This link may help, yours looks to be late Georgian maybe into Victorian.

[Ekimp]

Hi, are you positive it has a snapped pontil scar? From the photo the pontil area looks rippled, like you see sometimes on glasses that may have been made using a gadget to hold the foot? It also looks like it may have a yellowish tint, is that the case?

[malcmat]

Hi, yes i would agree rippled instead of snapped off  i also cleaned the glass again and it does not look like it has a yellow tint.
many thanks

[Ekimp]

Thanks for checking, doesn’t seem like it was attached directly to a pontil rod so assume the foot was held in a gadget, although I’m more used to seeing a T or J Type shear mark on the bottom of those glasses. Sometimes a swirl mark is mentioned but not sure if the ripple mark is consistent with gadget use. If you’re lucky, there might be a very faint impression of the gadget clamp on the top surface of the foot. See this thread for info on the gadget: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,56058.0.html

I’m not sure how glasses were produced after the gadget, but I suspect this glass may be early 20th century.

[ahremck]

Lots of makers in the 1930s produced glasses and decanters with a strong conical shape.  Stuart Crystal, Webb Crystal, to name two that I have examples of. 

Ross

[NevB]

Having taken another look at the pontil and the wear on the foot I agree with Ekimp it's probably early 20thC. Is that a small lump, a shear/tool mark on the top left of the rim?

[malcmat]

Unfortunately a small chip