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THE ARMORIAL CIRCA 1740 AND THE OPAQUE-TWIST CIRCA 1755
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A Dutch engraved armorial wine glass and an English white opaque-twist wine glass
The armorial circa 1740 and the opaque-twist circa 1755
The first of drawn trumpet type engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Amsterdam flanked by two lion supporters upon scrollwork, the stem enclosing an elongated tear, the foot conical, the second with a rounded funnel bowl above a stem enclosing a spiralling thread around a central gauze core, the foot conical
The armorial 17 cm. high and the opaque-twist 16 cm. high
See illustration of one (2)
The armorial circa 1740 and the opaque-twist circa 1755
The first of drawn trumpet type engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Amsterdam flanked by two lion supporters upon scrollwork, the stem enclosing an elongated tear, the foot conical, the second with a rounded funnel bowl above a stem enclosing a spiralling thread around a central gauze core, the foot conical
The armorial 17 cm. high and the opaque-twist 16 cm. high
See illustration of one (2)
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