A massive airtwist goblet and an opaque twist goblet, circa 1745-60


Both with a bucket shaped bowl, the airtwist stem containing a pair of entwined mercurial corkscrews, on a heavy domed foot, 20.1cm high, the opaque twist stem with a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of multi-ply spiral tapes, on a folded foot, 16.1cm high (2)
|ProvenanceThe opaque twist goblet Ron and Mary Thomas Collection. The airtwist goblet illustrated by Sidney Crompton, English Glass, pl.91.