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The Leuba Collection of 18th Century English Glass
Lot 74*

A very rare red and green colour twist goblet, circa 1765

27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare red and green colour twist goblet, circa 1765

The generous ogee bowl on a stem containing a heavy opaque white corkscrew ended on the inside in translucent ruby-red and the outside in translucent emerald-green, entwined with an opaque white gauze corkscrew, over a conical foot, 19.5cm high

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Provenance
With Shirley Warren Antique Glass, Surrey, 16 June 1986
Leuba Collection

Colour twist goblets of this size in any colour are great rarities. An identical goblet, perhaps from the same original set, was sold by Bonhams on 13 December 2023, lot 179.

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