Lot 134
134
AN OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS POCKET SPIRITS FLASK
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN AND EDIE LAWSON
AN OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS POCKET SPIRITS FLASK

THE GLASS BY THOMAS WEBB AND SONS, CIRCA 1888-1889

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AN OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS POCKET SPIRITS FLASK
the glass by Thomas Webb and Sons, circa 1888-1889
modeled as a Swan's head, marked in cameo RP 11109, the silver cap chased with a floral motif and engraved with the initials ER
5¾in. (14.6cm.) long

Lot Essay

cf. Ray and Lee Grover, ENGLISH CAMEO GLASS, 1980, fig. C397, p. 410 and fig. C415, p. 418 for illustrations of this model. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York has an example of this flask on permanent view.

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