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A GREEN-GLASS THUMB BEAKER AND COVER (DAUMENGLAS)
Lot 251 PROPERTY OF THE WUNSCH FOUNDATION

A GREEN-GLASS THUMB BEAKER AND COVER (DAUMENGLAS)

LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, GERMAN

Closed4 December 2012

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GBP 4,375

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A GREEN-GLASS THUMB BEAKER AND COVER (DAUMENGLAS)
LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, GERMAN
Barrel-shaped, the mid-section with six indentations between six milled bands, with a kick-in base, supported on a footring, the domed cover with an acorn finial
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

See Pieter C. Ritsema van Eck and Henrica M. Zijlstra-Zweens, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Zwolle, 1993, Vol. I, pp. 122-3, no. 168 for an example of similar size, the authors remind us that the glass would have weighed about 4 kilos when filled, hence the need to get a firm grip on this type of vessel.