A very rare green-tinted opaque twist wine glass, circa 1760-70

A very rare green-tinted opaque twist wine glass, circa 1760-70The pale green cup-shaped bowl of 'roemer' type, on a hollow cylinder knop applied with three raspberry prunts, above an opaque twist stem in clear glass set with an opaque white multi-ply corkscrew, over a domed foot also in pale green, 15.3cm highFootnotes:These unusual pale green glass roemers were English products imitating earlier Roemers from the Low Countries and probably intended for the export market, principally to Holland. Similar examples are illustrated by W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.C(4) and by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.99, pl.146(c), the latter sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Jr Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 120. Compare also to that from the Ron and Mary Thomas Collection sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 138.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com