Lot 686
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THREE ENGLISH CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS BITTERS FLASKS AND A CARAFE
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THREE ENGLISH CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS BITTERS FLASKS AND A CARAFE

19TH CENTURY, THE CARAFE CIRCA 1760

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THREE ENGLISH CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS BITTERS FLASKS AND A CARAFE
19TH CENTURY, THE CARAFE CIRCA 1760
Each flask of mallet form, the base pierced with an aperture to the centre, the hexagonal section neck with a narrow capillary, one named for ANGOSTURA BITTERS, the others for BITTERS between flowers, leaves and buds above bands of cut lozenges, the carafe of globular form with a cylindrical neck, cut with four-pointed stars within lozenges between diamond and lens-cut bands, below a faceted neck
The tallest 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high (4)
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Lot Essay

A cut carafe similar to the present example is illustrated on the trade card of John Jacob of Mary le Bone, see Andy McConnell, The Decanter An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650, Woodbridge, 2004, p. 115, pl. 166.

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