26th Mar, 2015 10:00
Fine Art
Sold for £750
Lot details
Engraved composite stem wine glass, the drawn trumpet bowl with fruiting vines, the grapes as polished circles above multiple spiral air-twist stem extending to beaded knop, on similarly engraved conical foot, mid 18th Century, height 17.1cms. See illustration PROVENANCE William MacAdam, BADA, Edinburgh, 20 September 1986, £395. NOTE Composite stems are thought to originate mainly, if not exclusively from Newcastle. Engraved examples are rare.
Engraved composite stem wine glass, the drawn trumpet bowl with fruiting vines, the grapes as polished circles above multiple spiral air-twist stem extending to beaded knop, on similarly engraved conical foot, mid 18th Century, height 17.1cms. See illustration PROVENANCE William MacAdam, BADA, Edinburgh, 20 September 1986, £395. NOTE Composite stems are thought to originate mainly, if not exclusively from Newcastle. Engraved examples are rare.
Auction: Fine Art, 26th Mar, 2015
