Lot 34
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A RARE SET OF EIGHT GOBLETS

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A RARE SET OF EIGHT GOBLETS
CIRCA 1800

Each decorated in blue enamel and gilt with sprays of fruit and flowers below a leafy floral garland and a band of swags, the band repeated on the interior rim, the pedestal gadroon foot painted with upright leaf tips and supported on a square base (one broken and restored, one with rim chip, the others with slight wear)--5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high (8)

Lot Essay

Howard & Ayers, China for the West, p. 140, and A. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 65, illustrate two variations of this rare form. This shape, with its square 'lemon-squeezer' base, was fashionable in England at the end of the century. See L.M. Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses, pp. 290 and 298.