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Libbey-Nash Cathay stemware,

20-piece set, leaded blown glass: ten each tall-stemmed champagnes, 7-1/2 in. and cordials 6-1/2 in., Cathay pattern, bowls finely wheel engraved with pairs of griffins, floral urns, baskets and foliate scroll decoration, faceted stems with hollow sphere knops, feet with cut designs and folded rims, each with etched "Libbey" signature on base, designed by A. Douglas Nash, circa 1933, possibly a one-of-a-kind set. Excellent condition. Provenance: John Moran, Pasadena, California, circa 1985; Private Collection, Atlanta, Georgia. Reserve: $10,000 For similar examples, see the 1933 Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company catalogue, [Libbey Crystal-The New Era in Glass], page 8-D, as reproduced in [Libbey Glass Since 1818] by Carl U. Fauster, Len Beach Press, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, page 340; and [The Magazine Antiques], February 1980, pages 398-401.

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