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A pro-Hanoverian airtwist wine glass, inscribed LIBERTY, circa 1755 image 1
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Lot 42

A pro-Hanoverian airtwist wine glass, inscribed LIBERTY, circa 1755

1 May 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

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A pro-Hanoverian airtwist wine glass, inscribed LIBERTY, circa 1755

The rounded funnel bowl engraved with the Horse of Hanover below a banderole inscribed LIBERTY, the reverse with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem, set on a multiple spiral airtwist stem with shoulder and centre knops and a conical foot, 15.8cm high

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Provenance: Peter Meyer Collection
With Maureen Thompson, 10 March 1981

A similar glass was in the Ron and Mary Thomas Collection, sold in these rooms 4 June 2008, lot 90

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