A fine Dutch engraved mixed twist wine glass, circa 1760 The bell bowl with a solid base, finely decorated with a large passionflower on a stem issuing two leaves, set on a stem with a spiral air cable alternating with a single heavy opaque white spiral thread, over a conical foot, 17.6cm high Footnotes: Provenance Amador Collection With Mallett and Son, 1990 Seton Veitch Collection With Delomosne and Son Damment Collection Literature Christopher Sheppard and John Smith, A Collection of Fine Glass from the Restoration to the Regency (1990), p.64, no.91 Delomosne and Son, The Seton Veitch Collection (2006), no.43b This distinctive glass is closely related to a series of mixed colour twist wine glasses all with botanical engraving, the stems either with blue, green or opaque green threads. Another mixed twist glass probably engraved by the same hand and perhaps from the same original set was in the Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection, sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 64 and another from the Peter Eales Collection on 11 June 2025, lot 43. Further examples with related engraving from the Seton Veitch Collection are discussed together in Delomosne and Son's 2006 catalogue, nos.43a and 43c, where a Low Countries origin is suggested. 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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Estimate £700-£900
Starting Price
£700
Sep 14, 2026, 7:00 AM EDTLondon, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom





























