Very Rare Quatrefoil Wine Glass

Very Rare Quatrefoil Wine Glass

C 1680

Item Ref: 319

A very rare lead glass quatrefoil knop wine glass/small goblet,having a round funnel bowl over a hollow quatrefoil stem with merese above and below all on a large folded foot.

Being lead glass these are invariably attributed to England though it has to be accepted that a Netherlands origin is not impossible.

A very fine and rare glass in superb original condition,

Parallels can be seen in the Walter Smith Collection and also illustrated in "Bickerton" section "English Glass of lead" plate 27

Height 5 3/4 ins 14.6 cm