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Lot 85*

An engraved King of Prussia airtwist wine glass, circa 1756

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

£3,000 - £5,000

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An engraved King of Prussia airtwist wine glass, circa 1756

The round funnel bowl decorated with the half-length portrait of Frederick II inscribed below KING of PRUSSIA, his left arm pointing to a flower spray on the reverse, set on a multi-spiral stem with central swelling, conical foot, 16.5cm high

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Provenance:
The Collection of Dr. J.M. Clubb, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1998, lot 156

Literature:
Lloyd (2000), p.124, pl.196(b)

The engraving may commemorate the alliance between England and Prussia during the Seven Years War. For an almost identical example see that in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in the Catalogue (1978), p.104, no.266c

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