Lot 333
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Two faon de Venise water-lenses
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Two faon de Venise water-lenses

17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTHERN EUROPE

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Two faon de Venise water-lenses
17th/18th Century, probably northern Europe
The spherical bodies with slender necks and everted rims, supported on high conical folded feet (slight water staining to necks)
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high (2)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

The water-lens was a means of concentrating the rather feeble light of a candle or oil-lamp, the sphere being filled with water and placed between the light source and the object to be illuminated. See Ritsema van Eck/Zijlstra-Zweens 1993, p. 187, no. 298.

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