Sale 5044
London, South Kensington
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23 January 2011
Price realised
GBP 938
Estimate
FIVE GEORGE III OPAQUE-TWIST-STEMMED DRINKING GLASSES CIRCA 1770 Comprising four with plain bowls and one engraved with fruiting vines and a dove; together with one larger example, possibly Continental, with a moulded bowl The largest, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (6)
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Please note there are six glasses in this lot and not five as illustrated in the catalogue.
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