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Lot 122*

A rare green opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1760

30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A rare green opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1760

The ovoid bowl set on a short hollow section applied with three raspberry prunts, set on a green-tinted stem with double-series threads and domed foot, 14.2cm high

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Literature:
Lloyd (2000), p.99, pl.146(a)

A similar example was sold at Sotheby's, 15 November 1994, lot 510. Compare with that illustrated by W.A. Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.C no.4.

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