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Lot 32*

A façon de Venise 'opal' wine glass, probably Kassel, early 17th century

21 May 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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A façon de Venise 'opal' wine glass, probably Kassel, early 17th century

In blue opalescent glass, the spirally ribbed stem dividing below the rounded funnel bowl to form a heart-shaped section ornamented with denticulations, 20.5cm high (tiny loss to denticulation)

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Provenance: The Krug Collection

Illustrated by Brigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug (1973), p. 119, fig. 496. See also Axel von Saldern, Düsseldorf - Meisterwerk Exhibition catalogue 1968-69, no. 76. Klesse refers to other examples with this distinctive stem in the Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Kassel, and in the National Museum, Warsaw.

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