Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 48
A pair of hand-cut glass table lustres with circular droplets together with a 19th century glass bowl facet cut with flower heads and ovals etc., (some damage) (3), the lustres 25cm high There is some damage to the table lustres within this lot. The circular hand cut vase appears to ring quite well, there is a small bubble blemish to the outside of the lip on the vase but this seems to have been produced when it was made. The bottom of the underside, the outside of the foot appears to be quite irregular which may suggest that the piece has had some damage to the outside of the foot rim and has been ground down. The lip of one of the table lustres has been repaired, there is a 2cm chip away and a chip at the top also and the reparation is two staples now holding the damaged piece in place. It looks as if the main Campana shaped top has been glued into the larger nozzle/drip pan, underneath this where the main hobnail cut inverted baluster shaped support is there is also a prevalent chip away to the top of this section where it affixes to the sconce with a waisted brass ferule. The second table lustre (with the label) appears to be in slightly better condition, there are some chips and nibbles away from the extremities at the top of the piece although it does not appear to have been broken and repaired. There is no real evidence of glue and appears in much better original condition than its partner. The droplets, both of the lustres have the top droplets intact and the ones hanging below with seven cut glass facets, most of these if not all of them appear to be there. The circular feet appear to be in reasonable condition with no major problems except for the first lustre which has a 1cm small chip away to the edge.
