A rare airtwist cordial or gin glass and an incised twist wine glass, circa 1750
The first with a pan-topped bowl solid at the base, on a multi-spiral stem with a central swelling knop, over a heavy circular firing foot, 13.9cm high, the other with a round funnel bowl on a tall stem with a fine wrythen incised twist, over a domed foot, 17.2cm high (2)
Footnotes:
Provenance
With Delomosne and Son (wine)
Henry Fox Collection (cordial)
With Jeanette Hayhurst, 3 May 2007 (cordial)
Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection

A similar cordial glass is illustrated by Arthur Churchill, Glass Notes, No.10 (December 1950), p.6, fig.7 and was sold as part of the Walter F Smith Collection by Sotheby's on 4 December 1967, lot 189.