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Lot 57

An opaque-white decanter gilded in the Giles workshop, circa 1775

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

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An opaque-white decanter gilded in the Giles workshop, circa 1775

Of 'sugarloaf' shape cut all over with hollow diamonds, brightly gilded with a regular diaper pattern of arrowheads, sunbursts and ovals, 24cm high (lacking stopper)

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Provenance: Peter Meyer Collection
Sotheby's 6 March 1978, lot 161, bought by Maureen Thompson

Exhibited: Chertsey Museum, 1981-97

For a similar decanter see Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2007), p.143, pl.200, bottom row centre. This is illustrated with a related stopper from another decanter gilded with a patera

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