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Lot 45

A rare Capillaire glass, circa 1750

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

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A rare Capillaire glass, circa 1750

Of drawn trumpet shape on a multiple spiral airtwist stem and conical foot, the bowl engraved with the name 'Capillaire' within a wreath of tied foliage, 15.9cm high

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Provenance: Peter Meyer Collection
The Parkington Collection, sold at Christie's 17 October 1997, lot 9
Christie's South Kensington 27 May 2007, lot 919

Capillaire was a liqueur flavoured with maidenhair-fern (capillaris herba) or orange-water. There were capillaire societies, convivial social groups which met to drink this special cordial

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