The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Wine Glass

1740–50

England, 18th century

glass
Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 18 x 8 cm (7 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Gift of Dr. Clara K. Clendon and Mrs. Ellen Clendon Cowles, in memory of Benjamin Clendon, their father 1940.1082
Location: 101A Prints & Drawings

Description

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.
  • Dr. Clara K. Clendon, Cleveland.
  • In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2025-January 11, 2026).
  • {{cite web|title=Wine Glass|url=false|author=|year=1740–50|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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