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Lot 24*

A very rare Thomas Webb and Sons gilded 'peachblow' glass falcon's head scent bottle, dated 1885

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,825 inc. premium

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A very rare Thomas Webb and Sons gilded 'peachblow' glass falcon's head scent bottle, dated 1885

Modelled as a falcon's head, delicately shaded from deep red through red to pale pink, the colours created within the heat-sensitive glass and given a satin finish, the edges of the bill, eyes and surrounding areas picked out in gold, the head covered with stylised feathers also in raised gilding, the silver gilt screw cover by Frederick Bradford McCrea with London hallmarks for 1885, 17.5cm long, inscribed 'Rd 16898' in gilt

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For a comparable example in ivory glass with very similar gilt decoration see Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass (1980), col. pl.C413.

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