LARGE BOHEMIAN PARCEL GILT BOHEMIAN GLASS HOOKAH
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Large Bohemian glass hookah, 19th c., a wood bowl and shaft issuing two hoses, surmounting the long parcel gilt bottle having ruby painted decor and enameled foliate scrolls on a colorless ground, seated upon a marble socle, conforming plinth fitted in a figured walnut box with large drawer, visible glue at trim, retaining retail tag from Richard Norton Inc., Chicago, overall: 16.25"h, base: 8.5"w, 8"d, 8.5lbs **Provenance: The Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (Cambridge, England, b. 1961-) private collection, from Britannia Manor, his Austin, Texas home, a pioneer and entrepreneur of computer role-playing games, first American second generation space traveler, magician, world class collector of automatons, host of the Austin Shakespeare Festival at his Elizabethan style theatre, the Curtain, on the shores of Lake Austin, an Adventurer traveler form the jungles of Rwanda and the Amazon to meteorite expeditions in Antarctica, purchaser of the Luna 21 moon lander...still at that location, host of the theme parties including the End of the World party, board member of the XPrize and Space Adventurers, etc.** Start Price: $200.00
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LARGE BOHEMIAN PARCEL GILT BOHEMIAN GLASS HOOKAH
Estimate $300 - $500
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