3 cut stem wine glasses
Antique English,
View condition. Decadent near set of three high quality wine glasses, two large (13.5 cm) and one small (12.5 cm), with seven sided cut stems reaching to petal cuts in lower bowl. Wide foot with heat-softened pontil marks. The bowls carry superb sun-burst engraved roundels and the initials EC. These glasses are the last remains of a very grand set. Antique English Regency circa 1820.
Condition: each has small polished surface chips on the foot
Georgian period mainly refers to the second half of the 18th century and up to the 1820s. The style was predominantly neo-classical, that looked back at the ancient Greece and Rome and used those elements in design and decoration. Most Georgian items have straight and very clean lines and elegant repetitive floral patterns.
Size
- 13.5 and 12.5 cm high, 6 and 6.5 cm diameter
How to care
Clean glass jugs, wine decanters and claret jugs immediately after use - that way it is easy to remove the stains before they set onto the glass surface.
How to care
Decanters, wine carafes and narrow jugs can be cleaned using rock salt or rice and vinegar. Salt acts as an abrasive. Rinse well and let it dry thoroughly.
How to care
Traditionally, tough wine stains inside glass decanters can be removed by rolling buckshot; nowadays they are called decanter cleaning rolling balls.
How to care
Clouded surface inside a decanter is hard to fix - requires a vibrating machine; but when decanter is full with liquid, the glass becomes transparent.