Jim Peake
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Lot 115
A fine and large North East engraved rummer attributed to John Richardson, circa 1830
20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,211.25 inc. premium
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A fine and large North East engraved rummer attributed to John Richardson, circa 1830
The generous bucket bowl faceted at the base, reserved with a panelled scene depicting a woman seated at a spinning wheel leaning back in her chair to receive a kiss from a soldier in Scottish national costume, he with a musket in his left hand, his dog by his side, titled 'STOLEN KISS' below, the reverse with the monogram 'JF' within a circular cartouche against a drapery panel, flanked by baskets and garlands of flowers, on a short knopped stem and circular foot, 18.9cm high
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Provenance
E Barrington Haynes Collection
With R Wilkinson, London, 18 July 1969
Illustrated by Arthur Churchill Ltd., History in Glass (1937), pl.31, no.136, and by R Wilkinson, The Hallmarks of Antique Glass (1968), p.85, fig.97. The scene on this rummer is taken from an engraving by John Romney published in 1828, after the original painting by Sir William Allan. The distinctive polished frame, with a concave centre and narrow bevelled edges, together with the polished lettering of the title on a frosted ground are features characteristic of a group of rummers attributed to Richardson, discussed by Tim Osborne in Delomosne and Son's catalogue, Engraved Glass from North East England (2013).
