AN ENGRAVED COLOUR-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the ogee bowl with a border of stylised scrolling flowering foliage, the stem with two entwined opaque gauze threads enclosed within two translucent cobalt-blue threads, on a conical foot, circa 1765 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

London

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26 November 1991

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Lot 88

AN ENGRAVED COLOUR-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the ogee bowl with a border of stylised scrolling flowering foliage, the stem with two entwined opaque gauze threads enclosed within two translucent cobalt-blue threads, on a conical foot, circa 1765

Price realised

GBP 2,090

Estimate

GBP 1,400 - GBP 1,800

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AN ENGRAVED COLOUR-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the ogee bowl with a border of stylised scrolling flowering foliage, the stem with two entwined opaque gauze threads enclosed within two translucent cobalt-blue threads, on a conical foot, circa 1765
16cm. high
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