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Lot 126*

An unusual and rare engraved opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1770

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

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An unusual and rare engraved opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1770

The bell bowl decorated with three female masks suspending swags of fruit above fan and stylised flower ornament issuing from a band of raised stiff leaves with incised veining, dot and star border beneath the rim, the double-series stem with gauze core entwined by spiral threads and deeply cut with a spiral twist to the underside to stepped conical foot with band of oeil-de-perdrix divided by radiating lines with waved rim, 15.8cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Walter F. Smith Collection, no.744, not included in the Sotheby's sales of 1967-68
Private American Collection, sold at Christie's, 26 November 1991, lot 141
Exhibited:
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, loan no.173
Literature:
Arthur Churchill Ltd., Glass Notes No.10, December 1950, p.7, fig.9

No comparable glass appears to be recorded in the literature

Saleroom notices

Please note that this lot is originally from the celebrated Walter F. Smith Collection and was sold in Pennsylvania in 1968.

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