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Lot 61

A colour twist wine glass, circa 1770

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

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A colour twist wine glass, circa 1770

With a bell bowl, the stem with an opaque white corkscrew outlined with coloured threads in green and purple, alternating with a pair of white spiral threads, 16.7cm high

Footnotes

Provenance: Peter Meyer Collection
Sotheby's, 17 September 1979, lot 136, bought by Maureen Thompson

Exhibited: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1983-94

Literature: This is possibly the glass referred to by Arthur Churchill Ltd., Glass Notes No.10, section 4D35

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