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A FAÇON-DE-VENISE LATTICINIO GLASS PEWTER-MOUNTED DRINKING HORN
Lot 242 PROPERTY OF THE WUNSCH FOUNDATION

A FAÇON-DE-VENISE LATTICINIO GLASS PEWTER-MOUNTED DRINKING HORN

CIRCA 1580-1600, LOW-COUNTRIES OF GERMAN

Closed4 December 2012

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A FAÇON-DE-VENISE LATTICINIO GLASS PEWTER-MOUNTED DRINKING HORN
CIRCA 1580-1600, LOW-COUNTRIES OF GERMAN
Of grey tint, in vetro a retorti with alternating broad bands and entwined threads running the length of the horn, terminating in a clear knop, applied wiht a clear milled collar, strap handle and hanging loop applied to a further milled band, with a hinged pewter cover
About 17 in. (43 cm.) long

Mayhew Collection (according to paper label)
Anonymous sale; Christie's South Kensington, 9 March 2000, lot 129.

Specialist note

See Franz Adrian Dreier, Venezianische Gläser und 'Façon de Venise', Berlin, 1989, pp. 69-70 no. 47 for a similar example with elaborate mounts and later stand, named for Hans Nielsen and dated 1641.