Lot Essay
See Phelps Warren, Irish Glass (London, 1970), pl. 49A for a pair of decanters with similar inscriptions.
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CIRCA 1800
Details
An Irish commemorative club-shaped decanter and a stopper
Circa 1800
The neck applied with three annulated collars, inscribed THE LAND WE LIVE IN in a banner above a plain roundel, the reverse engraved with a spray of shamrock flanked by a thistle and rose, the lower part moulded with flutes
The decanter 7½ in. (19 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1800
The neck applied with three annulated collars, inscribed THE LAND WE LIVE IN in a banner above a plain roundel, the reverse engraved with a spray of shamrock flanked by a thistle and rose, the lower part moulded with flutes
The decanter 7½ in. (19 cm.) high (2)
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