A mercury-twist sweetmeat-glass and a pedestal-stemmed sweetmeat-glass

CIRCA 1750

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A mercury-twist sweetmeat-glass and a pedestal-stemmed sweetmeat-glass
Circa 1750
The first with a double ogee bowl engraved with fruiting vine, on a shoulder-knopped stem enclosing two entwined mercury twists, on a domed and folded foot, 6 7/8 in. (17.5cm.) high; the second with a double ogee bowl lightly moulded with ribs, on an hexagonal stem and ribbed and folded foot, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high (2)

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