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Lot 160*

An engraved Electioneering opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1761

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

£1,500 - £2,000

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An engraved Electioneering opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1761

The ogee bowl inscribed SHAFTO AND VANE FOR EVER, above fruiting vine, set on a double-series stem and conical foot, 15.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Hamilton Clements Collection, sold at Sotheby's, 16 July 1930, lot 52
The Alexander Collection
With Asprey and Co., London, 1985
Anon., sale, Sotheby's, 14 April 1992, lot 139

Literature:
Asprey and Co., 100 British Glasses (1985?), p.61, no.97
Lloyd (2000), p.82, pl.105(b), pp.83 and 84

The inscription refers to an election held in the city of Durham, 17 April 1761 for the parliamentary seat of Co. Durham, contested by Robert Shafto, Frederick Vane and Thomas Clavering.

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