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Lot 102

A very rare five-knopped airtwist wine glass, circa 1750

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare five-knopped airtwist wine glass, circa 1750

The small bucket bowl on a slender multiple spiral airtwist stem with five distinct knops, on a conical foot, 16.5cm high

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Provenance:
The A.T. Morley Hewitt Collection, sold by Sotheby's 12 February 1963, lot 103
The Walter F. Smith Collection, sold by Sotheby's 4 December 1967, lot 182
John De Tscharner Vischer Collection

More than three knops on any airtwist stem was particularly testing of the glassmaker's skills. A similar glass is illustrated by Francis Buckley, Old English Glass, pl.XXXI, no.1. Two examples with bell bowls were in the A.C.Hubbard Jr. Collection sold by Bonhams 30 November 2011, lots 93 and 96.

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