Cleveland Museum of Art

Wine Glass

Date

1740–50

Medium

glass

Culture

England, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

While most of the vessels in this display were made for diverse alcoholic beverages, this modest English glass, its stem twisted with air bubbles, was used exclusively for wine. Glassmaking in England was largely contained to domestic objects, and the many glasses for wine that still exist from the 1700s suggest the growing popularity of wine among Britain’s upper-middle class.

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