Blown conical colorless body with lower 3/4 cased with swirled ribbing, ending in ring at applied knop; short stem with gentle swell in center and terminating in slightly flared wide circular foot with folded base.
wine glasses
glassblowing
lead glass
glass (material)
Anglo-Venetian
Glass, Drinking
Glass, Wine
Glass, Wine
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England
5 15/16 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.454
Sander, Penny. Elegant Embellishments. Boston; SPNEA; 1982.
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