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Lot 43

An interesting Yarmouth type tumbler, attributed to William Absolon, circa 1790

5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,530 inc. premium

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An interesting Yarmouth type tumbler, attributed to William Absolon, circa 1790

Of barrel shape, wheel-engraved with a ship in full sail, within an inscription 'SUCCESS TO THE NAUTILUS', the reverse with initial cipher WG, the engraved inscription and cipher picked out in gilding, 9.9cm high

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Barrel shaped tumblers were a favoured shape that William Absolon decorated in Great Yarmouth. An example depicting the Victory, attributed to Absolon was sold by Bonhams 5 October 2005, lot 717 and is illustrated on the back cover of Dr David Stuart's booklet Glass in Norfolk (1997).

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