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    Sale 5971

    An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart

    London, South Kensington

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    8 July 2009

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    Lot 46

    TWO VICTORIAN WINE GLASSES

    DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB (1831-1915), FOR WILLIAM MORRIS, CIRCA 1860

    Price realised

    GBP 325

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 500

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    TWO VICTORIAN WINE GLASSES
    DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB (1831-1915), FOR WILLIAM MORRIS, CIRCA 1860
    5½ in. (14 cm.) high and smaller (2)

    Provenance

    By repute, a wedding gift from Philip Webb to William Morris.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Linda Parry, William Morris, V & A Museum, illustrated page 196, catalogue number K25, with the original pencil design K26.


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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.


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