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Lot 48*

A composite-stem wine glass and four glasses with twist stems, circa 1750-65

20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £637.50 inc. premium

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A composite-stem wine glass and four glasses with twist stems, circa 1750-65

The composite-stem glass with a bell bowl, the multi-spiral airtwist stem extending into the base of the bowl and set on a beaded inverted baluster knop above a short plain section, 18.7cm high, together with a similar wine glass with a multi-spiral airtwist stem, 16.9cm high, and three ale glasses or wine flutes with tall conical bowls, the first with a double-series opaque twist stem containing a pair of heavy opaque white threads enclosed by a pair of seven-ply spiral bands, 18.8cm high, the second with a single-series stem with a multi-ply corkscrew, 19.5cm high, and the last with a multi-spiral airtwist stem, 20.2cm high (5)

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With Jeanette Hayhurst (airtwist glass)

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