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Dram glass

Dateca. 1770

OriginEngland

MediumLead glass

DimensionsOH: 4 1/4"
OD: 2 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-315

DescriptionDram or firing glass: three-part glass of bowl, stem, foot. The pointed funnel bowl with vertical, slightly spiralling, ribbing extending from the bottom of the bowl to midway. The bowl supported on a short (1 1/2" tall), slightly tapering, cylindrical stem with a central wide multiple spiral twist inside of four single-ply spiral twists. All on a heavy and thick (5/16" tall) foot. The bowl wheel engraved with the following inscription around the exterior of the rim in capitals "KING-QUEEN & ROYAL-FAMILY" with a small arrow or sprig after "FAMILY." Traces of gilding in the engraving.Inscription(s)The bowl wheel engraved with the following inscription around the exterior of the rim in capitals "KING-QUEEN & ROYAL-FAMILY".ProvenanceIllustrated: COUNTRY LIFE, June 15, 1967, p. 1523 (141, Nos. 3661-3669)
Source: Spink and Son, 5.6.7 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1, England