AN ENGLISH GLASS DECANTER-JUG AND COVER
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AN ENGLISH GLASS DECANTER-JUG AND COVER

CIRCA 1685, POSSIBLY HAWLEY BISHOP

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AN ENGLISH GLASS DECANTER-JUG AND COVER
CIRCA 1685, POSSIBLY HAWLEY BISHOP
Of shouldered form, the lower part moulded with vertical gadroons beneath a trailed triple-ply chain band, the neck with flammiform collar, the ribbed loop handle with thumb-rest, the shaped domed gadrooned cover with knob finial
11½ in. (29.2cm.) high
Provenance
Property of a lady, sale Christie's London, 3rd June 1996, lot 169.
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Lot Essay

Cf. W.A. Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1969), pl. XX, nos. 1 and 2; Francis Buckley, A History of Old English Glass, pl. IV and Ward Lloyd, Investing in Georgian Glass, p. 16.
Another example, without a cover, from the Henry Brown Collection, was sold at Sotheby's, 29 July 1947, lot 98. See also the Circle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition, 1962, Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 120.

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