A Fine Facet-stem Wine Or Mead Glass, Circa 1770 - Jun 21, 2022 | Bonhams In England
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A fine facet-stem wine or mead glass, circa 1770

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A fine facet-stem wine or mead glass, circa 1770
A fine facet-stem wine or mead glass, circa 1770
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A fine facet-stem wine or mead glass, circa 1770
The ovoid bowl and the foot finely decorated below the rim with a continuous band of various flowers, five bees in flight beneath, the base with petal flutes extending into a stem cut with square facets, over a conical foot similarly decorated to the underside with a continuous band of flowers around an engraved and polished rosette, 12.8cm high
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Provenance
With Delomosne and Son, 17 March 2010
Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection

The bees on this scarce glass suggest that it may have been intended for mead, a fortified wine made from honey.
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A fine facet-stem wine or mead glass, circa 1770

Estimate £500 - £800
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Starting Price £400
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