American cut glass was first produced in 1771 by the American Flint Glass Manufactory in Manheim, PA. The heyday of brilliant cut glass in America was in the 1880’s, after the public viewed the latest designs on display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Every facet of this 7-1/4″ tall wine glass has been cut by hand.
The painted wooden base with a whimsical stepped design, is a replacement created sometime in the early 1900’s.
Before the goblet broke in to two pieces, it would have had a faceted glass base, as shown here.
