Lot Essay
SEE DWIGHT P. LANMON, GLASS FROM SIX CENTURIES, WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, NEW HAVEN, 1978, NO. 68 FOR A COMPARATBLE EXAMPLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES TO OTHERS.
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1770-1800
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AN ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS ASSEMBLED SWEETMEAT-TREE
1770-1800
THE FACETED INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED CENTRAL BOWL ATOP A CIRCULAR VERTICALLY-FACETED STEM RISING FROM A DOMED CIRCULAR FOOT WITH SHAPED RIM, THE STEM HUNG WITH EIGHT S-SCROLL FACTED ARMS IN TWO REGISTERS OF FOUR, EACH ARM SUSPENDING A FACETED GLASS BASKET SUSPPENDED FROM A SILVER ROPE-TWIST HANDLE, THOSE ON THE UPPER TIER OF HEMISPHERIC FORM, THOSE ON THE LOWER TIER OF INVERTED BALUSTER FORM
1770-1800
THE FACETED INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED CENTRAL BOWL ATOP A CIRCULAR VERTICALLY-FACETED STEM RISING FROM A DOMED CIRCULAR FOOT WITH SHAPED RIM, THE STEM HUNG WITH EIGHT S-SCROLL FACTED ARMS IN TWO REGISTERS OF FOUR, EACH ARM SUSPENDING A FACETED GLASS BASKET SUSPPENDED FROM A SILVER ROPE-TWIST HANDLE, THOSE ON THE UPPER TIER OF HEMISPHERIC FORM, THOSE ON THE LOWER TIER OF INVERTED BALUSTER FORM
Provenance
WITH S.J. SHRUBSOLE, NEW YORK
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.
Sale room notice
THE ILLUSTRATION FOR THIS LOT IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE IS UN-NUMBERED. THE IMAGE IS PART OF A GROUP PHOTO WITH LOTS 417 (A SET OF 6 GREEN GLASS FINGER BOWLS) AND 418 (12 VARIOUS WINE GLASSES).