A COLOUR-TWIST WINE-GLASS with a bell bowl, the stem with an opaque corkscrew core edged in brick-red and translucent blue entwined by two opaque threads, on a conical foot, circa 1765 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

London

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26 November 1991

Browse Sale

Lot 86 | THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN Read more

A COLOUR-TWIST WINE-GLASS with a bell bowl, the stem with an opaque corkscrew core edged in brick-red and translucent blue entwined by two opaque threads, on a conical foot, circa 1765

Price realised

GBP 2,420

Estimate

GBP 1,400 - GBP 1,800

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A COLOUR-TWIST WINE-GLASS with a bell bowl, the stem with an opaque corkscrew core edged in brick-red and translucent blue entwined by two opaque threads, on a conical foot, circa 1765
15.5cm. high
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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