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Lot 16

Six short or dwarf ale glasses, early 18th century

5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,211.25 inc. premium

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Six short or dwarf ale glasses, early 18th century

With wrythen moulding stopping below the rims and terminating in flamiform fringes, on rudimentary spiral stems with various simple knops, four of the glasses set on folded feet, the other two with plain conical feet, 11.4cm - 13.4cm high (6)

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Provenance
Robert Manners Collection

Two similar glasses are illustrated by L M Bickerton, English Drinking glasses (1986), pp.250-1, figs.776 and 781. See also Robert Charleston, English Glass (1984) p.27b.

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