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Lot 99

A fine pair of engraved decanters and stoppers, circa 1775

1 December 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A fine pair of engraved decanters and stoppers, circa 1775

Of mallet form, decorated in neoclassical style with paterae within festoons of husk ornament, a band of facets to the necks, the shoulders petal-cut, the bases with thumbnail facets, the fattened disc stoppers also cut, 28cm high (4)

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Provenance
With Delomosne and Son, 10 November 2008
Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection

Similar decanters, some loosely attributed to James Giles, are illustrated and discussed by Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p.176, pl.246. A related pair of decanters from the Thomas Collection was sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 227.

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