Two good mixed twist wine glasses, circa 1760

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Two good mixed twist wine glasses, circa 1760 The stems containing spiral air cables alternating with opaque white corkscrews, one with a generous round funnel bowl and a conical foot, 17.8cm high, the other of attractive small size, with a pan-topped bowl and a domed foot, 13.8cm high (2) Footnotes: Provenance Sotheby's, 23 June 1969, lot 11 (shorter) John Towse Collection, Bonhams Oxford, 29 October 2014, lot 131 (shorter) Tatton Hewetson Collection, Bonhams Oxford, 29 January 2014, lot 52 (part) (taller) Peter Eales Collection Exhibited Broadfield House and Pilkington Glass Museums, The Glass Circle 50th Anniversary Exhibition 1937-1987 'Strange and Rare', 1987, p.19, no.52 (shorter) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Two good mixed twist wine glasses, circa 1760

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Feb 12, 2026, 5:28 AM EST

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