AN ENGRAVED DECANTER and a stopper, for <I>BEER</I>, of club shape and named within a quatrefoil cartouche issuant with hops and barley and suspended by chain from the shoulder, with a facet-cut spire stopper, circa 1770 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

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26 November 1991

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Lot 25

AN ENGRAVED DECANTER and a stopper, for BEER, of club shape and named within a quatrefoil cartouche issuant with hops and barley and suspended by chain from the shoulder, with a facet-cut spire stopper, circa 1770

Price realised

GBP 3,850

Estimate

GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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AN ENGRAVED DECANTER and a stopper, for BEER, of club shape and named within a quatrefoil cartouche issuant with hops and barley and suspended by chain from the shoulder, with a facet-cut spire stopper, circa 1770
36cm. high overall (2)
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Lot Essay

Cf. the example for 'Cyder' sold in these Rooms on 4 June 1991, lot 15
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