Lot Essay
Cf. W.A. Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1969), pl. XX, nos. 1 and 2; Francis Buckley, A History of Old English Glass, pl. IV and Ward Lloyd, Investing in Georgian Glass, p. 16. Another example, without a cover, from the Henry Brown Collection, was sold at Sotheby's, 29 July 1947, lot 98. See also the Circle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition, 1962, Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 120.