Lot Essay
The inscription on the first glass refers perhaps to a convivial club.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
Two inscribed rummers
Early 19th Century
The first cut with waved bands of diamond ornament and reserved with an oval panel inscribed PROSPERITY TO DEMERARY above cut gadroons, on a fluted waisted stem and square base, 6 3/8in. (16cm.) high; the second with a tapering ovoid bowl inscribed TOWN AND COUNTRY TRADE OF NOTTINGHAM, on a rudimentary stem and plain foot, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high (2)
Early 19th Century
The first cut with waved bands of diamond ornament and reserved with an oval panel inscribed PROSPERITY TO DEMERARY above cut gadroons, on a fluted waisted stem and square base, 6 3/8in. (16cm.) high; the second with a tapering ovoid bowl inscribed TOWN AND COUNTRY TRADE OF NOTTINGHAM, on a rudimentary stem and plain foot, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 4 June 1991, lot 22 (for the first).