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Lot 26

A façon de Venise rosewater sprinkler (kuttrolf), 17th century

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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A façon de Venise rosewater sprinkler (kuttrolf), 17th century

Perhaps for the Islamic market, of pale straw tint, the lightly ribbed compressed globular form with a tall slender neck formed of three spiralling tubes opening into a small swelling section, the flared petal-shaped rim edged with a translucent green thread, set on collar over a tall spreading foot, 25.2cm high

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Provenance
Lady 'Lili' Maria Elisabeth Augusta Cartwright (née von Sandizell)
Thence by descent to her son, William Cornwallis Cartwright, Aynhoe Park, Oxfordshire
Thence by family descent to the present owner

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