Ale Glass

Dateca. 1765

MediumColorless lead glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 5/16 × 2 3/4 in, 0.3 lb. (18.6 × 7cm, 140g)

Credit LineGift of Robert and Debra Allian

Object number2026-67

DescriptionAle glass: elongated round funnel bowl on opaque white enamel twist (opaque white spiral band outside pair of heavy spiral opaque white enamel threads) stem; conical circular foot; pontil mark. The bowl wheel engraved with barley and hops.ProvenanceIn January 1989, with Beverly Antiques (Carmel, California) from whom it was purchased by Robert and Debra Allian (Ridgewood, New Jersey). With the donor until April 2026 when it was given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Virginia) where it remains to the present.