
This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 64
A deceptive mercurial air twist cider glass, circa 1755
21 May 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,187.50 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Glass specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot

Shipping (UK)
A deceptive mercurial air twist cider glass, circa 1755
The ogee bowl solid at the base, engraved with an apple branch border, set on a stem containing a pair of air corkscrew threads, over a conical foot, 16.4cm high (small chip to footrim)
Footnotes
Provenance: The Commander A. P. Barrow-Green Collection
A cider glass with a very similar engraving, but of different shape, is illustrated by L. M. Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p. 157, cat. 414. Another glass with similar engraving, but again of different shape, was sold in these rooms, 15 December 2010, lot 51.
