![]() ![]() ![]() To say the least, the prospect of competing with the European markets became dismal in 1825, when once again, the raw materials were to be taxed (this was now on top of the finished product tax). In 1811, after a determined campaign by the glass manufactures, the excise duty was changed to apply to the finished glass goods, rather than the raw materials. However, this taxation was levied against raw materials and whilst this led to a heavy financial burden in the English glass industry, it was most certainly not the driving factor of the glassmaker's ingenuity and inspiration. The Excise Act of 1745-70 is very often heralded as the propelling factor in the glassmaker's advancements, a driving force of experimentation. Pair of Georgian Double Knopped Air Twist Wine Glasses c1750 | Drinking Glasses | Air Twists Later resurgences of the air twist style are an indication of their lasting popularity. An inability to recreate such technical precision today is a testament to the quality of 18th-century craftsmanship. ![]() The ' air twist' is a named subcategory of English drinking glasses within historical documents, denoted as 'wormed glasses'. The terminology is almost exclusively related to those glasses produced in England between c.1745-1770. Historically an air twist is a type of decoration exhibited in the stems of 18th-century antique drinking glasses and other stemmed tableware of the era. Georgian Air Twist Drinking Glasses c.1745-1770 | Drinking Glasses | Air Twists “Shimmering spirals of air encased within a glass cane.” Identification of Antique Drinking Glasses | The English Air Twist ![]()
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