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Lot 174

A rare slate-blue colour twist goblet, circa 1765

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare slate-blue colour twist goblet, circa 1765

The generous bucket bowl with a solid base, raised on a stem with a central gauze column encircled by a heavy pair of translucent slate-blue or dark amethyst spiral threads, over a conical foot, 17.9cm high

Footnotes

Provenance
Phillips, 13 June 2000, lot 146 (part)
Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 19 May 2010, lot 74
Peter Meyer Collection, Bonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 63
With Athelny Antiques, June 2013
Graham Slater Collection

This goblet is from a remarkable original set of six sold by Phillips on 13 June 2000, lot 146 and subsequently as individual lots by Bonhams between 2009 and 2011, as detailed in the footnote of the example sold on 15 June 2011, lot 109. Another from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.53, pl.64b and was most recently sold by Bonhams on 14 November 2018, lot 130. See also the example sold by Bonhams on 13 December 2023, lot 178.

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