Live Auction 5966The European Connoisseur - 500 Years Decorative Arts Europe
A FAÇON-DE-VENISE GLASS BEAKER
Lot 118PROPERTY OF THE WUNSCH FOUNDATION

A FAÇON-DE-VENISE GLASS BEAKER

CIRCA 1600, POSSIBLY SOUTH NETHERLANDS

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 1,250

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A FAÇON-DE-VENISE GLASS BEAKER
CIRCA 1600, POSSIBLY SOUTH NETHERLANDS
Of grey tint, the cylindrical body with a flared rim, moulded with a chequered pattern, with kick-in base, supported by a flattened foot ring
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

See D. B. Harden et al, Masterpieces of Glass The British Museum, Oxford, 1968, p. 135, no. 172 for a similar example said to have been found in about 1800 bricked up in the wall of a house in Culross, Scotland.