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Lot 60

Two Giles gilt ale glasses, circa 1765-80

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

£1,000 - £1,300

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Two Giles gilt ale glasses, circa 1765-80

Decorated in the London workshop of James Giles, both with a tall round funnel bowl gilded with hops and barley below a gilt line rim, one set on a plain stem and conical foot, 19.3cm high, the other set on a stem cut with diamond facets and conical foot, 19.1cm high (chips to footrim) (2)

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

A near identical ale glass with a faceted stem is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p. 79, pl. 101, and was sold in these rooms, 30 November 2011, The Collection of A. C. Hubbard, Jr., lot 123.

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