Lot Essay
Oliver Hoare's immediate reference was to Alice in Wonderland and to the 'caterpillar sitting on a toadstool puffing away'.
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THE BASE, POSSIBLY IRELAND, THE FURNACE, STEM AND PIPE, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CUT-GLASS BELL SHAPED HUQQA BASE AND ITS KOFTGARI STEEL FURNACE AND WIND SHIELD
THE BASE, POSSIBLY IRELAND, THE FURNACE, STEM AND PIPE, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The base ribbed, the shoulders cut with repeating lozenges, the furnace with floral patterns arranged in foliated cusped medallions, with hexagonal patterned cut-glass mouthpiece
The base 9 ¼in. (23.5cm.) high
THE BASE, POSSIBLY IRELAND, THE FURNACE, STEM AND PIPE, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The base ribbed, the shoulders cut with repeating lozenges, the furnace with floral patterns arranged in foliated cusped medallions, with hexagonal patterned cut-glass mouthpiece
The base 9 ¼in. (23.5cm.) high
Exhibited
London, Oliver Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, 2012, No 15
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Cosima Stewart