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Lot 106*
A large engraved cider or perry airtwist goblet, circa 1750
30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,125 inc. premium
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A large engraved cider or perry airtwist goblet, circa 1750
The generous cup-shaped bowl decorated with three flying putti holding festoons of fruit including apples, pears and pomegranates with additional oak and ivy sprigs, set on a multi-spiral airtwist stem with central swelling over a wide conical foot engraved on the underside with a rose, garden rose in profile and a sunflower, 25cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
The John Carson Collection, sold at Phillip's, 6 June 2001, lot 36
Literature:
Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd, The History of Glass (1984), p.129
The engraving under the foot suggests that the glass may be of Jacobite significance.
