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Lot 55

A rare engraved Jacobite ale glass, circa 1745, together with an early baluster ale glass or wine flute, circa 1725-30

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

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A rare engraved Jacobite ale glass, circa 1745, together with an early baluster ale glass or wine flute, circa 1725-30

Both with a tall slightly waisted bell bowl, one engraved with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem with a single closed bud and several leaves, the multiple spiral air twist stem with upper and central knops, set on a conical foot, 19.9cm high (minute chip to foot), the other set on a triple-annulated knop above an inverted baluster and basal knop, conical foot, 19cm high (2)

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Provenance: The Commander A. P. Barrow-Green Collection

An engraved Jacobite ale glass similar to that in the present lot was sold in these rooms, 12 September 2007, lot 58. A pair of plain ale glasses similar to that in the present lot is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p. 36, pl. 28, and was sold in these rooms, 30 November 2011, The Collection of A. C. Hubbard, Jr., lot 17.

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