A gilt opaque twist wine flute and an ale glass, circa 1765

A gilt opaque twist wine flute and an ale glass, circa 1765
With double-series stems, the wine flute attributed to the London workshop of James Giles, the tall round funnel bowl with fruiting vine and floral sprigs below a gilt rim, over a stem incorporating two pairs of opaque white spiral tapes encircled by two four-ply bands, 18.9cm high, the ale glass with an elongated lipped ogee bowl, engraved with hops and crossed ears of barley, the stem with a pair of multi-ply spiral bands around a central corkscrew, 18.3cm high (2)