Lot Essay
Cf. Delomosne & Son Limited, op. cit., p. 17, no. 22. A similar set of bottles was sold in these Rooms, 25 October 1976, lot 150.
THE GLASS CIRCA 1760, PERHAPS LONDON, MAKER'S MARK PS TO BASE OF STAND
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Five opaque-white silver-mounted cruet-bottles in a lignum-vitae revolving stand
The glass circa 1760, perhaps London, maker's mark PS to base of stand
Comprising two club-shaped bottles named in manganese for OIL and VINEGAR and painted with a butterfly hovering beside a loose bouquet of luxuriant flowers, the reverses with honeysuckle and scattered flowers, with silver covers, 7in. (17.8cm.) high, a shaped oviform bottle similarly named for SUGAR, painted with a loose bouquet of luxuriant garden flowers, the reverse with a spray of pansies, with pierced silver cover, 5½in. (14cm.) high; a pair of bottles of similar form for MUSTARD and PEPPER painted with a loose bouquet, the reverses with honeysuckle and scattered flower-sprays, with contemporary silver covers, one pierced, the lignum-vitae revolving stand with central column and shaped silver hinged carrying-handle (slight damages and restorations to stand)
the stand 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high (6)
The glass circa 1760, perhaps London, maker's mark PS to base of stand
Comprising two club-shaped bottles named in manganese for OIL and VINEGAR and painted with a butterfly hovering beside a loose bouquet of luxuriant flowers, the reverses with honeysuckle and scattered flowers, with silver covers, 7in. (17.8cm.) high, a shaped oviform bottle similarly named for SUGAR, painted with a loose bouquet of luxuriant garden flowers, the reverse with a spray of pansies, with pierced silver cover, 5½in. (14cm.) high; a pair of bottles of similar form for MUSTARD and PEPPER painted with a loose bouquet, the reverses with honeysuckle and scattered flower-sprays, with contemporary silver covers, one pierced, the lignum-vitae revolving stand with central column and shaped silver hinged carrying-handle (slight damages and restorations to stand)
the stand 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high (6)