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Lot 178*

A rare 'Lynn' tall opaque-twist ale glass, circa 1760

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

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A rare 'Lynn' tall opaque-twist ale glass, circa 1760

The tall narrow pan-topped ogee bowl moulded with concentric rings, set on a double-series stem and folded conical foot, 21.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
The W.H.Leslie Collection
The Henry Brown Collection, sold at Sotheby's, 14 November 1947, lot 244
The Collection of Sir Hugh Dawson, Bt., sold at Sotheby's, 13 March 1960, lot 22
The Walter F.Smith Collection, sold at Sotheby's.24 June 1968, lot 786
Anon., sale, Sotheby's, 10 May 1995, lot 46

Literature:
W.A.Thorpe, Apollo, October 1948, fig.4d
G.B.Hughes, English Glass for the Collector (1958), pl.20(d)
Lloyd (2000), p.49, pl.57(a)

The only other example recorded of this type is in the Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford, illustrated by Delomosne and Son Ltd., Lynn Glass (1995), p.15, fig.8.

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