A VENETIAN MINIATURE EWER, the conical body with an applied collar to the narrow neck and with flared rim, with curved spout and applied dark-blue scroll handle (slight damage to tip of spout), circa 1600 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

London

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26 November 1991

Browse Sale

Lot 170

A VENETIAN MINIATURE EWER, the conical body with an applied collar to the narrow neck and with flared rim, with curved spout and applied dark-blue scroll handle (slight damage to tip of spout), circa 1600

Price realised

GBP 286

Estimate

GBP 300 - GBP 400

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A VENETIAN MINIATURE EWER, the conical body with an applied collar to the narrow neck and with flared rim, with curved spout and applied dark-blue scroll handle (slight damage to tip of spout), circa 1600
7.5cm. high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Franz Adrian Dreier, Venezianische Gläser und 'Façon de Venise', p. 114, nos. 115 and 116
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