Lot Essay
Although wine-glasses of this type combining green and clear glass are known, the present lot would appear to be the only recorded example in blue
Details
A TWO-COLOUR OPAQUE-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the cobalt-blue ogee bowl set on a clear stem with swelling waist knop filled with spiral opaque threads, terminating on a cobalt-blue foot, circa 1765
16.3cm. high
16.3cm. high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 13 February 1990, lot 134
Exhibited
Victoria and Albert Museum, loan 1975-1989