AN ANGLO-VENETIAN WINE-GLASS
Lot 193

AN ANGLO-VENETIAN WINE-GLASS

THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY

Closed21 September 2010

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GBP 812

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AN ANGLO-VENETIAN WINE-GLASS
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
The conical flared bowl on a hollow knop stem and conical folded foot
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

This form relates to the types of drinking-glass ordered by the London merchant John Greene from the Venetian glass-maker Allesio Morelli in 1667-72; cf. Hugh Tait, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, (British Museum, London, 1979) p. 48.