
Two engraved opaque twist firing glasses, circa 1765 One with an ogee bowl decorated with a daffodil spray, a floral sprig to the reverse, the double-series stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew within a pair of opaque white spiral ribbons, over a heavy conical foot, 10.7cm high, the other with a conical bowl decorated with a peacock to one side, a stag's head to the other, the short stem containing a lace twist entwined with a pair of spiral threads, over a terraced foot, 9cm high (2) Footnotes: Provenance With Delomosne and Son, May 2006 (tallest) Leuba Collection, Bonhams, 18 June 2024, lot 184 For a firing glass with similar engraving of a peacock and stag's head, see that from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 130. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing






























