26th Mar, 2015 10:00
Fine Art
Sold for £820
Lot details
Rare opaque twist wine glass, the round funnel bowl with base fluting above double series opaque twist stem with multi-ply (nineteen) spiral thread band enclosing spiral gauze on conical foot, mid 18th Century, height 17.8cms. See illustration PROVENANCE By repute, No. 995, The Smith Collection, Trenton, New Jersey, and subsequent Sotheby's Sale. Roger Freer, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2 April 1969, £50.
Rare opaque twist wine glass, the round funnel bowl with base fluting above double series opaque twist stem with multi-ply (nineteen) spiral thread band enclosing spiral gauze on conical foot, mid 18th Century, height 17.8cms. See illustration PROVENANCE By repute, No. 995, The Smith Collection, Trenton, New Jersey, and subsequent Sotheby's Sale. Roger Freer, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2 April 1969, £50.
Auction: Fine Art, 26th Mar, 2015
