A very rare Beilby enamelled armorial light baluster 'Tilly' wine glass, circa 1765-69The round funnel bowl finely decorated in polychrome with the coat of arms of the Tilly family of Haarlem, a yellow dove perched on an olive branch with a white stem and green leaves, within an ouroboros, the yellow serpent picked out in iron-red shown biting its tail, within an elaborate rococo scroll cartouche painted in shades of pale purple, inscribed 'Tilly.' in opaque white beneath, the reverse with the crest of a white dove in flight above a helmet in yellow and red, traces of gilding to the rim, on a stem with triple-annulated knop above a beaded inverted baluster and small teared basal knop, over a conical foot, 17cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Tilly family of Haarlem, NetherlandsThence by family descent to Rudy van Dobben, Halfweg, NetherlandsWith Frides Laméris, 1 June 2012Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureStephen Pohlmann, 'The Tilly Glasses', Glass Circle News, no.139 (November 2015), p.5, fig.2Kiki Alpherts and Marius van Dam, Tussen Kunst en Kitsch: 101 ontdekkingen (2015), p.133, no.66Stephen Pohlmann, 'An Eclectic Collector', Glass Matters, no.14 (June 2022), p.23, figs.6a-bExhibited30 Jaar Tussen Kunst en Kitsch in 101 Ontdekkingen, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands, 19 April - 22 July 2015, no.66Once known as 'Newcastle' balusters, glasses of this distinctive form are now known to have been manufactured in Holland as well as England. It is possible that the Beilbys imported undecorated light-baluster glasses from Holland, as most surviving examples of this shape with Beilby decoration have identical stems. The Beilbys will have been aware that the best glass engravers working in Holland, such as Jacob Sang, favoured the light-baluster shape for their most prestigious commissions.Fifteen Beilby decorated light baluster wine glasses or goblets, many of similar shape, are recorded including the present lot. Eleven of these bear armorials or crests, while four are painted with vine in opaque white enamel. The latter include one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.c.625/1936), one in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inv. no.1005203), one in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.513-1961) and one from the Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 102.Of the crested and armorial examples, eight have direct Dutch connections. They include the magnificent Prince William V goblet from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 142, a smaller wine glass also bearing the arms of Prince William V sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 116, two wine glasses with the arms of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina accollé, including one from the Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 33 and one in Museum Rotterdam (inv. no.17) and a goblet in the World of Glass Museum in St. Helens bearing the arms of the Van Dongen family of Amsterdam. Three further glasses bear the arms and crest of the Tilly family of Haarlem, including the present lot. A 'Tilly' glass in the Durrington Collection is illustrated by Peter Dodsworth in his catalogue (2006), p.35, no.29 and was thought to be the only example in existence at the time of publication. It differs slightly from the present lot in that in place of the helmet on the reverse there is a wheel-engraved medallion containing seven arrows emblematic of the Seven United Provinces, within the inscription 'VREEDE EN EENDRAGHT' (Peace and Unity). Whilst it has been suggested that the engraving on the Durrington glass existed before the enamelling took place, it seems far more plausible that the decoration originally matched that on the present lot, with the helmet being later removed and replaced by the engraved medallion. The third 'Tilly' glass, in a private collection, is unpublished.The 'Tilly' set was almost certainly commissioned by Claas de Koning Tilly (1727-1814), who by 1764 owned a firm in Haarlem founded by his grandfather in 1696, which specialised in the production of a panacea known as Dutch drops (Haarlemmerolie). The firm was subsequently renamed C de Koning Tilly and was latterly owned by Rudy van Dobben until 2019, a direct descendent of this branch of the Tilly family. Interestingly, two engraved light baluster wine glasses bearing the initials 'CDKT' for Claas de Koning Tilly are discussed in detail by J R ter Molen, 'Twee gedecoreerde wijnglazen uit 1765 en 1769 met de initialen van C. de Koning Tilly', Antiek, Vol.8 (March 1982), pp.461-70, indicating that Claas was clearly commissioning other glasses at this time. The first is decorated with the arms of Haarlem, dated 1765 and inscribed ''T WELVAAREN VAN DE DIACONY' (The prosperity of the Diaconate). It is thought to commemorate the election of Claas as a deacon by the Grand Church Council on 18 March that year, a position which he held until 1769. The other is dated 1769 and decorated with a view of the Hofje van Bakenes in Haarlem, almost certainly commemorating his appointment as regent of the Bakenesser Chamber on 2 October that year, a position which he retained until 1780. It seems likely that the Beilby decorated set may also have been commissioned to celebrate one of these occasions.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Dutch engraved armorial light baluster goblet, circa 1750The engraving later, the generous round funnel bowl naively decorated in diamond-point with the coat of arms of the Tilly family of Haarlem, a dove perched on an olive branch within an ouroboros, the serpent shown biting its tail, crested by a dove in flight above a helmet, within a scrollwork cartouche, on a stem with a triple-annulated knop above an inverted baluster, over a domed foot, 19cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Frides LamérisStephen Pohlmann CollectionFor a Beilby enamelled light baluster wine glass also decorated with the arms of Tilly, see lot 40 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptional Dutch engraved light baluster goblet and cover signed by Jacob Sang, dated 1760The round funnel bowl with a continuous paved floor, upon which stands a finely dressed lady emblematic of Charity, holding a child in her arms and another by the hand, a collared hound standing upon a metal-bound strongbox to her left, a horse to her right, the reverse with a large spray of flowers in a vase, inscribed 'A TOUT CE QUE NOUS FAIT PLAISIR' (To All That is Dear to Us) below the rim, on a stem with an upper angular knop above a slender beaded inverted baluster and small basal knop, the conical foot inscribed 'Jacob Sang, inv = et Fec = Amsterdam, 1760' in diamond-point script, the high domed cover with a hollow globular finial, 25.1cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceSjoukje Jantina Collection, Groningen, NetherlandsThence by family descent to her daughter JansjeWith Frides Laméris, 1 December 2017Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThis remarkable goblet is unrecorded in the literature. It was inherited by Sjoukje Jantina from an elderly friend who had been a nurse in Amsterdam and lived in Ermelo with Sjoukje's paternal aunts in retirement, who had in turn inherited it from a violinist for the Concertgebouw Orchestra who she had nursed during illness.A handful of other signed glasses decorated with virtually identical scenes by Jacob Sang are recorded. A composite stem light baluster glass dated 1761, with the same inscription but in Dutch, is recorded by F G A M Smit, A concise catalogue of eighteenth-century wine-glasses wheel-engraved and signed by Jacob Sang (1992), p.15, no.1761.1 and illustrated by C R S Sheppard and J P Smith, Glass from the Restoration to the Regency (1990), pp.60-1, no.85. At the time of publication, Sheppard and Smith noted just two other glasses with the same subject, both unsigned. One of these was sold by Sotheby's New York on 21 March 2000, lot 334. The other, with a damaged stem, is illustrated by Kristin Duysters, Facetten van Glas (2000), p.71, no.132 and was sold by Bonhams on 20 November 2019, lot 36. An airtwist goblet of very different form, signed by Sang and dated 1759, was sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 19 December 2007, lot 167 and is the only other signed example with a similar scene recorded.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Dutch engraved composite stem light baluster goblet signed by Jacob Sang, dated 1760The generous round funnel bowl decorated with a large farm before an elaborate gated entrance and small bridge, a tiny figure standing outside, bounded by iron railings hedges and rows of tall trees, encircled by a watercourse, an avenue of trees to the right, inscribed 'BLOEJLANG, ZUYDHOEVE/ IN RUST EN VREE,/ MET ZEGEN OVER LAND EN VEE/ G. HOYER' (May Zuidhoeve long prosper, in peace and quiet, with blessed land and cattle. G. Hoijer) on the reverse, the stem with a multi-spiral airtwist dumbbell section above a teared inverted baluster with a small basal knop, over a conical foot, the pontil mark inscribed in partially abraded diamond-point script 'J. Sang Fec.' with the date '1760' below, 20.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDr N Potter Collection, Sotheby's, 13 July 1987, lot 203Dietmar Zoedler Collection, Sotheby's, 21 November 2007, lot 45With Kunstzalen A vecht, 18 November 2014Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureF G A M Smit, A Concise Catalogue of Eighteenth-Century Wine-Glasses wheel-engraved and signed by Jacob Sang (1992), p.13, no.1760.7The view on this goblet has never been previously identified, but is almost certainly a farm by the name of Zuidhoeve (literally 'South Farm') on the Duivenvoorde estate in Voorschoten, just outside of The Hague. The original 16th century building still exists in part, where it is surrounded by watercourses and avenues of trees. Its architectural appearance very much resembles the building depicted on the present goblet. Around two miles northwest of Zuidhoeve a neighbouring 16th century farm by the name of De Astopwoning of Kleyn Haesbroek existed on what is now the estate of Kasteel Oud-Wassenaar. In 1764 this came into the hands of Gerard Hoijer and Paulus Hoijer van Brakel, who expanded the estate with a mansion called Snippenstein (today known as Oud-Wassenaar). Gerard was a lawyer and Paulus a prosecutor at the Hof van Holland. Gerard is almost certainly the same 'G Hoyer' referred to on the present goblet, perhaps intended as a gift for the owner.This shape of goblet was a favourite of Sang, with seven examples including the present lot recorded by Smit (1992), p.5. Whilst sand typically inscribed his signature on the foot of his goblets, several examples are recorded with signatures on the pontil mark, either in full or abbreviated to 'J. Sang'. A goblet of very similar form but with different engraving, signed 'Jacob Sang, inv: et Fec: Amsterdam 1764' on the pontil mark, is illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), pp.202-3, no.214 and recorded by Anna Laméris, Pur Sang: Een onderzoek naar de kenmerken van de stijl van Jacob Sang aan de hand van zijn gesigneerde glazen, unpublished PhD thesis, Kunsthistorisch Instituut Amsterdam (1994), no.1764.4.Another of very similar form engraved with a coat of arms and signed 'Jacob Sang... fec. Amsterdam 1769' on the pontil mark, unrecorded by both Smit and Laméris, was sold by Sotheby's New York on 15 December 1998 and again by Christie's Amsterdam on 19 December 2007, lot 93. Curiously the signature, much like that on the present lot, had been partially erased with scratching. This is not unusual and may have been because the donor did not want the engraver to be identified. Indeed, it is possible that some of Sang's commissions were from individuals who specifically requested that he did not sign his work so prominently or at all, hence the use of the pontil mark in such a way, perhaps in the hope that it would go unnoticed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptional engraved light baluster wine glass signed by Jacob Sang, dated 1760The round funnel bowl exquisitely engraved with a three-masted 24-gun ship in full sail on a neatly undulating sea, the reverse with a farmer in a handsome overcoat driving a horse-drawn plough across a grassy sward, inscribed 'AU BIEN DELA PATRIE' (To the Prosperity of the Country), on a stem with an upper angular knop above a slender beaded inverted baluster with a small basal knop, the conical foot inscribed 'Jacob Sang, inv = et Fec = Amsterdam, 1760' in diamond-point script, 19.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceVan Solkema Collection, The Hague, NetherlandsMak van Waay Amsterdam, 10 December 1974, lot 2098With Frides Laméris, 17 April 2012Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureAnna Laméris, Pur Sang: Een onderzoek naar de kenmerken van de stijl van Jacob Sang aan de hand van zijn gesigneerde glazen, unpublished PhD thesis, Kunsthistorisch Instituut Amsterdam (1994), no.1760.11F G A M Smit, A concise catalogue of eighteenth-century wine-glasses wheel-engraved and signed by Jacob Sang (1992), p.14, no.1760.11A ploughing farmer in conjunction with one or more ships is a design found on at six glasses signed by Jacob Sang, including the present lot, with the sailing ship being a particularly popular motif symbolic of the Dutch Republic, see Anna Laméris, 'Ships on Glass', in Frides Laméris, Canes, Serpents and Ships (2018), p.57. Three further glasses with related scenes are recorded by Smit (1992), nos.1757.2, 1760.12 and 1760.13, the latter illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), p.200, no.212. A fifth, dated 1762, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 September 1992, lot 90 and is recorded by Laméris (1994), no.1762.7. A sixth, dated 1760, was sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 27 June 2000, lot 96 and appears unrecorded in the literature.All of these glasses are of virtually identical size and form to the present lot, employing a stem type much favoured by Sang, with inscriptions in Dutch all alluding in some way to the prosperity of the Country. A French inscription sets the present lot apart but is not unusual considering that French was the lingua franca of the Netherlands spoken by the aristocracy in the 18th century. Only the example dated 1760, formerly in the Guépin Collection (no.1760.12) sold by Christie's Amsterdam, 5 July 1989, lot 125, together with that dated 1762 (no.1762.7) bear scenes of virtually identical composition to that on the present lot. The others differ in the additional inclusion of either distant buildings (no.1757.2) or a view of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (no.1760.13 and unrecorded).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Dutch engraved light baluster 'Friendship' goblet and cover attributed to Jacob Sang, circa 1760The round funnel bowl with an elaborate rococo scroll cartouche hung with swags of beads, containing a pair of clasped hands with large frilled cups, surmounted by a crown, the reverse inscribed 'MIND GY EDELE VRIENDSCHAP TEEDER,/ VULD MY DAN TOT AAN DEN RAND./ DRINKT MY LEEG, EN VULD MY WEEDER,/ STELD MY ZOO UW VRIEND TER HAND.' (If you value tender noble friendship, then fill me to the brim. Drink me empty and refill me, and thus hand me to your friend), set on a stem with an upper angular knop above a slender beaded inverted baluster with a small basal knop, over a conical foot, the domed cover with a beaded finial, 26.5cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Leslie Antiques, New York, 23 September 2015Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThe verse on this glass is taken from 'Opschrift voor een Drinkglas' (Inscription for a Drinking Glass), written by Dirk Smits (1702-1753) and first published by Philippus Losel in Rotterdam in 1740, see Dirk Smits, Gedichten van Dirk Smits (1740), p.231.Several light baluster goblets similarly decorated with a crowned cartouche containing clasped hands and bearing the same inscription on the reverse, all signed by Jacob Sang and dated 1759 or 1760, are recorded by F G A M Smit, A Concise Catalogue of Eighteenth-Century Wine-Glasses Wheel-Engraved and Signed by Jacob Sang (1992), p.12, nos.1759.10, 17.59.11, 1759.12 and 1760.1. Further unsigned examples all attributed to Sang include one in the Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (inv. no.2015), one illustrated by Anna Laméris, Amicitiae (2018), pp.50-1, no.20 and one with a replacement silver foot was sold by Sotheby's Amsterdam on 3 April 2001, lot 134. All differ slightly from the present lot in that they bear the additional inscription 'PROSOPOPIA' (Personification) above the crown. The lot is the only example recorded without this inscription and the only example to have survived with a cover.Although unsigned, the engraving on this goblet can be attributed to Jacob Sang on the basis of stylistic similarities with the four closely related fully signed and dated examples recorded by Smit, particularly in the lettering, together with the high quality of the engraving and polished detail itself. The form of the glass is also typical of the type much favoured by Sang, see Smit (1992), p.4, fig.A and also lots 44 and 46 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved armorial light baluster wine glass, circa 1755The round funnel bowl decorated with the coat of arms of Amsterdam beneath a crown, flanked by lion supporters, resting on a scrollwork bracket, the reverse with a sunburst, on a multi-knopped stem with an angular shoulder knop and a teared cushion knop, above a beaded inverted baluster and basal knop, over conical foot, 19.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 13 February 1979, lot 116Stephen Pohlmann CollectionA virtually identical armorial wine glass for Amsterdam, but lacking the sunburst to the reverse of the bowl, is illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, vo.2 (1995), p.227, no.252. Compare also to lot 50 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare engraved opalescent wine bottle, circa 1710Of 'pancake' onion form in dichroic olive-green glass with a pale blue opalescence, the large bulbous body with a short tapering neck, the wide mouth trailed with a string rim, inscribed 'J Foote/ Harwood' between cruciform flourishes in diamond-point script to the shoulder, with a basal 'kick-up', 14cm highFootnotes:Known as 'glass gall' or sandever, this rare and curious blue opalescence was caused by an excess sodium sulphate impurity in the glassmaking batch. Although considered a particularly attractive effect, whether it was deliberate or accidental remains the subject of much debate. The inscription likely relates to a John Foote of Harewood near Calstock, Cornwall. An octagonal wine bottle of circa 1770-80 bearing a commemorative seal inscribed 'Foote/ Harwood/ 1731' is illustrated by David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2014), pp.634-5, where it is attributed to John Pearson Foote of Harewood Manor, Calstock. John Pearson Foote was descended from a long line of John Foote's who had all lived in Harewood or Calstock since at least the early 17th century. John Pearson Foote's father, known in his will as John Foote the younger, died in 1744. This bottle may have belonged to this John Foote, or perhaps his father John Foote the elder. For a wide-mouthed 'pancake' onion bottle of very similar form, applied with a seal inscribed 'T.N/ 1705', see that illustrated by Burton (2014), p.543.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved armorial light baluster wine glass, circa 1750The round funnel bowl decorated with the coat of arms of Amsterdam beneath a crown, flanked by lion supporters, resting on a scrollwork bracket, on a multi-knopped stem with an angular shoulder knop over a short beaded inverted baluster set between knops, above a short teared basal inverted baluster and conical foot, 19.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Frides Laméris, 30 September 2011Stephen Pohlmann CollectionAn armorial wine glass with very similar engraving, but a different stem formation, is illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), p.227, no.252. See also lot 49 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Fattening: An exceptional Dutch stipple-engraved wine glass by Gillis Hendricus Hoolaart, circa 1775The round funnel bowl dramatically decorated with the silhouette of a horned bull from behind, beside a tree emerging from a densely scratch-engraved background, the leaves picked out in diamond-point, the reverse inscribed 'De vetwijerij' (The fattening) in diamond-point gothic script, the composite stem incorporating an upper multi-spiral airtwist section with a swelling knop, set into a beaded inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, over a conical foot, 19.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceL Blumka Collection, New YorkWith Peter Korf de Gidts, AmsterdamPrivate Collection, The HagueWith Frides Laméris, 23 June 2018Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureP Korf de Gidts, Advertisement, in Antiek XX, no.3 (1985), p.169F G A M Smit, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), p.161, no.Fa.16ExhibitedDelft: 37e oude kunst- en antiekbeurs, Museum Het Prinsenhof, 1985, catalogue p.58Gillis Hendricus Hoolaart (1731-1816) was a clerk in the office of a civil law notary in Dordrecht. For a time he lived in Steegoversloot, the same street where both Frans Greenwood (1680-1763) and Aart Schouman (1710-1792) also lived, the latter only until Hoolaart was 16. It is highly likely that Hoolaart, much like Schouman, learnt how to engrave glass from Greenwood, who had pioneered the stipple technique. Stylistically his work shares features with both of his predecessors, including the mixing of both stipple and line engraving techniques, as well as the use of the full height of the bowl for the decoration.Smit (1993) records just seven glasses signed by Hoolaart, two of which depict a virtually identical bull as that on the present lot (nos.Fa.18 and Fa.19), both wine glasses with opaque twist stems. One of these was in the Guépin Collection, sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 5 July 1989, lot 94. The other, dated 1775, is illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), p.425, no.536. A further four glasses by Hoolaart, including the present lot, are unsigned. Only one other of these, a small roemer in the Huis Van Gijn, is decorated with a bull (no.Fa.17).In the 17th and 18th centuries, the majority of beef consumed was imported. Large herds of bulls were reared in Denmark and in Schleswig-Holstein before being transported to Germany and Holland. They arrived lean after their long journeys in the early Spring and so were fattened, for which the fertile pastures of Holland owned by wealthy urban merchants proved particularly suitable and to which the inscription on this glass refers. The animals were brought back to the city markets in late Autumn where they were bought by butchers who sold the meat in central meat halls. Danish beef, known as herenvoedsel, was considered a nutritious delicacy, so this was a particularly lucrative line of business. The wealthy owners of these herds took particular pride in their cattle, its financial worth and the beauty of the meat.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Dutch stipple-engraved opaque twist 'Friendship' glass by David Wolff, circa 1770The generous round funnel bowl delicately decorated with two smartly dressed boys shaking hands, one raising a half-filled long-stemmed wine glass held in his left hand in a toast, various small trees and shrubs behind, beneath a banderol inscribed 'VRIENDSCHAP', the double-series stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads around an undulating gauze column, over a conical foot, 16.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMak van Waay, Amsterdam, 1 April 1951, lot 780With Cecil DavisJeffrey Rose Collection, Sotheby's, 6 March 1978, lot 62Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureFrank Davis, 'Talking about Salerooms', Country Life, Vol.163 (March 1978), p.1062, fig.2P M Wood, 'Gentlemen - The King', Art and Antiques, Vol.39 (1979), p.23J A Brooks, The Arthur Negus Guide to British Glass (1981), fig.116F G A M Smit, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Dutch Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), p.69, no.Cb.24ExhibitedCircle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition 1937-1962, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1962, no.306Exhibition of English Glass, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1968, no.167Friendship was highly valued in the 18th century and the bond between friends would have been sealed and resealed with toasts from specially engraved goblets such as this. Friendship was often symbolically portrayed, sometimes as putti or cherubs, but more commonly as two boys. As is the case on this particularly finely decorated glass, the majority of boys depicted on Dutch stipple-engraved 'Friendship' glasses are shown with a wine glass, sometimes also shaking hands.Opaque twist glasses with Dutch stipple engraving are rare and this is a particularly unusual choice of glass for Wolff. Only six such glasses engraved by him are recorded by Smit (1993), four of which are of comparable size and form to the present lot with straight double-series stems. They include no.Cb.2, similarly decorated with two boys shaking hands, and no.Ac.19 which is illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), p.455, no.574. An opaque twist wine glass with a very similar scene and an identical inscription by 'Alius' was in the Kaplan Collection, sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 73. For another 'Friendship' glass engraved by David Wolff, see lot 55 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Dutch stipple-engraved wine glass by David Wolff, circa 1780-87The ovoid bowl finely decorated with a semi-nude girl emblematic of the Lady of Liberty reclining on a cloud, the Hat of Liberty raised in her right hand, a rococo scroll shield by her side inscribed 'DE DEUGD/ EN DE TROUW/ ZYN MYNE/ ENIGE/ WAAR/ BORGEN' (Virtue and Loyalty are my Only Guarantees) in stippled lettering, with a reclining dog and a small lamb jumping up from behind, raised on a plain tapering stem and conical foot, 13.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJ G Wurfbain Collection, Cohen and Katz, Rheden, 17 November 1937, lot 640Cohen Collection, Deventer, NetherlandsA J Guépin Collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 5 July 1989, lot 105With Frides Laméris, 6 April 2017Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureD Bolten, Een Glasie van Vriendschap: Die Glazen van de Collectie Guépin (1969), pp.46-7, no.156, fig.50F G A M Smit, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), p.132, no.Dd.37Like so much of David Wolff's work, the decoration on this glass is full of thinly disguised symbolism. The lamb and the dog allude to the virtue and loyalty referred to in the inscription. Raised hats and caps representing Liberty and Freedom are another recurring theme in Wolff's work and these revolutionary symbols occur on other stipple engraved glasses by him. As an artist, Wolff had relied on the patronage of wealthy Dutch burghers as well as the Prince and Princess of Orange prior the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. It is unsurprising that the symbolism he used shifted away from Organism and became increasingly more political during the Patriotic Movement of the 1780s, when this glass was engraved. By the time the Batavian Republic was formed in 1795, during the French occupation of the former Dutch Republic, such symbolism became far more prominent in Wolff's work and is seen on a series of 'Liberty' glasses he engraved at this time.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Beefsteak Club: a rare engraved firing glass, circa 1735-45The generous round runnel bowl decorated with a griddle within a banner inscribed 'BEEF AND LIBERTY', a sprig of fruiting vine to the reverse, set on a wide solid flattened knop and a heavy circular firing foot, 9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and Son, 15 December 1977Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThe Sublime Society of Beefsteaks was a London club founded in 1735 by the performer John Rich, manager at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden Theatre, and George Lambert, his scenic artist. Steaks and baked potatoes were accompanied by port or porter at the weekly meetings. At first the club consisted of just two dozen members, primarily actors, artists, writers and musicians but it subsequently became much celebrated, attracting royalty, nobility, military heroes and many other celebrated public figures. Notable members included William Hogarth, John Wilkes, Samuel Johnson, and the Prince of Wales.A very similar glass from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.47, pl.49b and was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 81. Another is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.323, no.1046. An example with a griddle within a different motto was sold by Bonhams on 3 June 2009, lot 202.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn: a very rare engraved tumbler, circa 1760-70Perhaps used at The Cycle Club, the plain tapering shape inscribed 'SIR WATKIN WILLIAM WYNN BART' within a banner below the rim, cut with flutes around the lower part and with a star-cut base, 9.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 17 May 2017, lot 45Stephen Pohlmann CollectionOf the many Jacobite clubs and societies that flourished in the middle of the 18th century, perhaps the best known is The Cycle Club, for whom the 'great' Sir Watkin Williams Wynn was President. Wynn was a prominent supporter of the Jacobite cause and the club met at the Eagle in Wrexham and later at Wynnstay, its members all living within a fifteen-mile radius. Whilst Wynn died in 1749, his name continued through many generations and successive Watkin Williams Wynns were all Presidents of The Cycle Club.The many Jacobite clubs, including The Cycle Club, and their associated glasses are discussed by F Peter Lole, A Digest of the Jacobite Clubs, Royal Stuart Society Paper LV (1999) and those commemorating Sir Watkin Williams Wynn by Lole in Roger Dodsworth's catalogue, The Durrington Collection (2006), pp.24-7. It is thought that some Clubs, and The Cycle in particular, had duplicate sets of glasses for use at different meeting venues.A selection of wine glasses used by members of The Cycle Club was sold by Bonhams on 16 December 2009, lots 107-111. These came from an important original set of thirteen glasses which had descended from the Vaughan family of Nannau in North Wales, see Peter Lole, 'Limpid Reflections', Glass Circle News, no.118 (March 2009), pp.7-8. Each glass bears the name of a member of The Cycle, including Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, relating to twenty-six club meetings held by a separate host from 2 July 1770 until 8 July 1772. Four of the glasses are now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. The Wynnstay Cup is an important ceremonial goblet for The Confederate Hunt, affiliated with Wynn and probably also The Cycle Club, see lot 63 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An engraved composite stem wine glass of possible Jacobite significance, circa 1750The generous ogee bowl finely engraved with a sunflower-like flower spray, a large winged insect perched on one leaf, the reverse with a moth in flight, on a multi-spiral airtwist stem set into a short inverted baluster, over a domed foot, 18.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceStephen Pohlmann CollectionA goblet of identical form engraved in a very similar manner with a carnation spray, bee and moth, perhaps from the same original set, was sold by Sotheby's on 20 May 1968, lot 86 and another with a sunflower by Christie's on 11 December 2000, lot 108.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of engraved opaque twist ale flutes and a wine glass, circa 1765The flutes with tall ogee bowls decorated with two flower sprays crossed at the stems, on double-series stems containing a fifteen-ply spiral band outside of a multi-ply corkscrew, over tall domed feet, 23cm high, the wine glass with an ogee bowl, decorated with a spray of spiky leaves, the double-series stem with a pair of opaque white spiral tapes around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 15cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceA K Sweeney Collection, Sotheby's 13 June 1977, lot 148 (part) (ale glasses)Sotheby's 13 June 1977, lot 99 (part) (wine glass)Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of three opaque twist toasting glasses or wine flutes, circa 1765the tall bowls of very slender drawn trumpet shape with everted rims, the thin double-series stems containing a pair of opaque white spiral threads around a central gauze column, over conical feet, 18-18.6cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 18 July 1977, lot 100 (part)Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Six opaque twist wine glasses, circa 1765Comprising two single-series examples with stems containing pairs of opaque white gauze corkscrews, one with a waisted bucket bowl, 15.3cm high, the other with a round funnel bowl, 14cm high, together with four double-series examples, two with stems containing pairs of spiral threads around a central gauze column, one with a tulip-shaped bowl, 14.6cm high, the other of small size with a round funnel bowl, 12.5cm high, and two with stems containing pairs of multi-ply spiral bands around multi-ply corkscrews, including one with a generous ogee bowl, 15.7cm high, the other with a bucket bowl, 15cm high (6)Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 11 November 1960, lot 27 and 18 July 1977, lot 201 (tulip)Sotheby's, 13 June 1977, lots 80 and 166 (part) (waisted bucket and bucket)Christie's, 9 October 1979, lot 81 (smallest)Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare and unusual cut and engraved opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The bell bowl elaborately decorated with swags of fruit and flowers suspended by three pigtailed female masks, their hair issuing elaborate acanthus scrollwork, a polished 'OXO' border below the rim, the base cut with three large stiff leaves in high relief with engraved veining, issuing elaborate stylised floral palmettes, the double-series stem with gauze core within a pair of spiral tapes, deeply cut with a spiral twist, the step-cut conical foot with a scalloped edge and decorated with a band of polished circlets within radiating lines to the underside, 15.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWalter F Smith Collection, Pennypacker Auction Centre, Pennsylvania, 1968Dwight P Lanmon CollectionWith Alan TillmanPeter Lazarus Collection, Christies, 26 November 1991, lot 141A C Hubbard Jr Collection, 30 November 2011, lot 126Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureArthur Churchill, Glass Notes, no.10 (December 1950), p.7, fig.9ExhibitedBristol Museum and Art Gallery, loan no.173This remarkable glass would appear to be unique. The profuse style of the decoration and many of the motifs, including the use of mask heads, swags of fruit and flowers, palmettes and foliate scroll decoration, is seen on much glass engraved in Silesia and northern Bohemia in the earlier part of the 18th century. Whilst the date of the decoration remains unclear, it seems likely that a continental hand was responsible, probably Bohemian and perhaps working in England.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Eagle Frigate: a rare engraved Privateer wine glass, circa 1757-60The generous bucket bowl engraved with the three-masted ship in full sail, inscribed around the rim 'Success to the EAGLE FRIGATE', on a double-series opaque twist stem containing two pairs of opaque white spiral threads around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 16.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 30 May 2012, lot 69Dr Maurice McLain CollectionWith Delomosne and Son, Summer Exhibition 2017Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureWard Lloyd, Investing in Georgian Glass (1969), p.127This glass belongs to a group of wine glasses all with bucket bowls presumed to have been made for Bristol Privateers, which were in effect officially sanctioned pirate ships. The Eagle is perhaps the best known of the Bristol Privateers, but the interpretation of glasses engraved for this ship is somewhat complex and it is unlikely that they all commemorate the same vessel. Three ships named Eagle are recorded sailing out of Bristol at the same time by Damer Powell, Bristol Privateers and Ships of War (1930), pp.205-6.The Eagle Frigate was a ship of 250 tons with 24 guns and a crew of 340 men, owned by Messrs. Camplin and Smith of Bristol and Manslip and Wilkinson of London. She was declared on 13 November 1756 by Captain John Knill, whose name appears on a handful of similar Privateer glasses. An example bearing the name of John Knill was in the A C Hubbard Jr Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2012, lot 111 and another in the Cecil Higgins Museum is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.294, no.942.The Eagle galley was a ship of 350 tons with 28 guns and a crew of 200 men, owned by Thomas Rock. She was declared on 22 November 1756 by Captain Thomas Dibdin. The name of Captain Dibdin appears on at least one glass engraved for the Eagle Frigate [sic], illustrated by Bickerton (1986), p.294, nos.940-1. It has sometimes been erroneously assumed that Knill succeeded Dibdin in command of the aforementioned Eagle Frigate in June 1757. A further slightly smaller Eagle galley of 300 tons with 20 guns and a crew of 70 men was declared on 31 March 1758 by Captain Joseph Jones.The ship on the present glass may represent any one of these Eagle ships, but with 14 guns on its starboard side it is perhaps more likely to represent the 28-gun Eagle galley declared by Dibdin. It is highly plausible that all three ships were regarded as Frigates and that the inscription on this glass is a misnomer.At least two other glasses from the same original set as the present lot appear to be recorded, including one sold by Sotheby's on 21 October 1981, lot 76 and another from the Meyer Collection sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 46. These are all slightly larger than most Privateer glasses.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early heavy baluster wine glass, circa 1700The truncated conical bowl with a solid base, resting on a wide drop knop enclosing a central tear, over a short plain section and heavy conical foot, 14.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceVergette Collection, Sotheby's, 26 March 1966, lot 141Cranch Collection, Christie's, 17 November 1992, lot 142Bonhams, 3 June 2009, lot 8Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureStephen Pohlmann, 'An Eclectic Collector', Glass Matters, no.14 (June 2022), p.23, fig.7The simple and elegant form of this glass suggests a particularly early date. A drop-knopped glass of similarly early date, formerly in Harveys Wine Museum, is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.73, no.86 and was sold by Bonhams on 1 October 2003, lot 125.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Constantine: a rare and important engraved Privateer wine glass, circa 1760The generous bucket bowl inscribed around the rim 'Success to the CONSTANTINE Privateer', the three-masted ship in full sail beneath, flanked by the name 'ROBERT MILLS', raised on a single-series opaque twist stem containing a pair of gauze corkscrews, over a conical foot, 17cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith John Maggs, Falmouth, 1919Everett Collection, Christie's, 12 November 2000, lot 115Graham Vivian CollectionStephen Pohlmann CollectionIn 1919 John Maggs reputedly informed the then purchaser of the present glass that it had been recently acquired from a lady who, rather coincidentally, lived in Constantine just outside of Falmouth in Cornwall, and that it had been in her family for many years. Glasses of this type are presumed to have been made for Bristol Privateers, so such a link to the southwest of England is hardly surprising.The Constantine Frigate was a Bristol-based ship of 200 tons with 18 guns and a crew of 40 men, owned by Isaac Elton. She was declared by Captain John Lee on 7 October 1756 and again by Captain Robert Forsyth on 15 August 1757. Her history is recorded by Damer Powell, Bristol Privateers and Ships of War (1930), pp.197-9.The identity of Robert Mills is unclear. A Captain Robert Mills is recorded in Lloyds Lists and Registers commanding Little Robin, a vessel of just 70 tons, from Teignmouth, Devon, to Newfoundland some years later in 1776. The Constantine had arrived in Newfoundland in October 1759, so was also involved in the Newfoundland trade, providing a possible link. To have a glass such as this commissioned, Robert Mills would have clearly been someone of importance and names of people inscribed on a handful of other Privateer glasses are typically individuals holding the rank of Captain.Only one other Privateer glass for the Constantine would appear to be recorded, sold by Sotheby's on 29 June 1970, lot 59 and illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.295, no.946. A slightly smaller example engraved for the Lyon which has a comparable stem formation was sold by Bonhams as part of the Walker Collection on 1 December 2021, lot 92.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An interesting commemorative opaque twist wine glass of theatrical interest, circa 1770The decoration later, the generous ogee bowl engraved with a half-length profile portrait of the Welsh actress Sarah Siddons, her right arm raised to her chin, within a formal scrollwork and beaded frame, the reverse with a floral spray within an oval scroll cartouche, flanked by rectangular panels containing swags pendant from florets, on a double-series stem containing a nine-ply spiral band around a solid corkscrew tape, over a conical foot, 16.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 26 May 1981, lot 50With Asprey, October 1985Christie's, 18 November 2008, lot 43Graham Vivian CollectionStephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.293, no.937Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was Britain's leading tragic actress, a contemporary of David Garrick and most famous for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth. She won her first success in the role of Belvidera in 1774 and had obtained celebrity status by the mid-1780s. She was famously painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1784 in her role as the 'Tragic Muse'. Several engraved glasses with related portraits are recorded and the attribution of these to Mrs Siddons is discussed by Arthur Churchill, Glass Notes, no.16 (1956), pp.19-20. Siddons rose to fame after the period in which this glass was made, suggesting that the engraving is later, perhaps undertaken at the Pugh Glasshouse in Dublin by an engraver such as Franz Tieze. An identical glass from the Rose Collection was sold by Sotheby's on 6 March 1978, lot 58 and another is illustrated by E Barrington Haynes, Glass Through the Ages (1959), pl.83d. A detail of the same glass is illustrated by Arthur Churchill, p.19, fig.22.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare miniature baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1720-30The pointed round funnel bowl with a solid teared base, resting on a half-knop, the stem with a teared angular knop and basal swelling knop, over a folded conical foot, 10cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMichael Parkington Collection, Christie's, 8 April 1998, lot 111A C Hubbard Jr Collection, Bonhams, 30 November 2011, lot 39Chris Crabtree CollectionLiteratureWard Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.28 and 30, pl.14bFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good baluster wine glass, circa 1725-30The bell bowl with a solid base enclosing a small tear, resting on a cushion knop above a teared inverted baluster stem terminating in a basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 17cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and Son, 5 December 1981Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection, Bonhams, 1 December 2021, lot 74Chris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare cylinder-knopped baluster wine glass, circa 1710The broad tulip-shaped double ogee bowl with a solid base, on a teared cylinder knop above a short teared tapered cylindrical basal knop, over a conical folded foot, 15.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJohn Maunsell Bacon Collection, Sotheby's, 20 June 1945, lot 124Walter F Smith Collection, Sotheby's, 18 March 1968, lot 348Sotheby's, 17 April 1978, lot 49Sotheby's, 15 December 1998, lot 50Graham Vivian CollectionStephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureHerbert Reid, English Glasses in the Collection of John M Bacon, in The Connoisseur (December 1926), p.204, no.XNo other cylinder-knopped glass with a double ogee bowl would appear to be recorded, making this an exceptionally rare form.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three airtwist wine glasses and an ale flute, circa 1750With single-series stems over conical feet, comprising one with a pan-topped bowl on a stem containing a gauze corkscrew, 15.9cm high, one with a round funnel bowl on a multi-spiral stem with central and shoulder knops, 15.9cm high, and one with a drawn trumpet bowl containing a pair of mercurial corkscrews, 16.3cm high, the flute with a tall round funnel bowl on a multi-spiral stem with central and shoulder knops, 20cm high (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five airtwist wine glasses, circa 1750With single-series multi-spiral stems set on conical feet, comprising one with a generous round funnel bowl, 18.5cm high, one with a bell bowl on an inverted baluster stem, 16.4cm high, one with a bell bowl with air threads extending into the solid base, 17.2cm high, and two with drawn trumpet bowls, 16.6cm and 16.8cm high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A cordial glass and four plain stem wine glasses, circa 1730-40The first with a round funnel bowl solid at the base, the tall plain stem with a small tear to the shoulder, over a domed foot, 17.1cm high, the wines comprising one with a round funnel bowl on a folded conical foot, 14.7cm high, and three with drawn trumpet bowl, including two with teared stems on folded conical feet 15.5cm high, and a small wine or cordial on a solid stem and plain conical foot, 12.5cm high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two light baluster wine glasses, circa 1750With round funnel bowls and plain conical feet, one Dutch engraved with a formal border to the rim incorporating three birds within foliate scrollwork ornament alternating with sprays of flowers suspended from strapwork, the stem with a triple-annulated shoulder knop above a slender inverted baluster, 18.2cm high, the other on a stem with upper globular and cushion knops above a wide inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, 17.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An engraved wine glass and a hollow stem wine glass, circa 1740-50The first with a drawn trumpet bowl decorated with a carnation spray with one closed bud, on a slightly tapered plain stem and conical foot, 16.3cm high, the other of pale straw tint, the tall waisted bucket bowl on a slender hollow stem and folded conical foot, 15.5cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceFrank Hartman Collection, Baltimore (hollow stem)Dwight P Lanmon CollectionIt is possible that the engraved glass was intended for ratafia, a liqueur sometimes made with carnations.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three various wine glasses, circa 1740-50Comprising a balustroid glass, the drawn trumpet bowl with a solid teared base, on a teared inverted baluster stem and conical foot, 16.6cm high, a moulded-stem glass with a tall, slightly waisted bell bowl on an eight-sided pedestal stem containing an elongated tear, over a folded conical foot, 19cm high, the last with a drawn trumpet bowl engraved with a band of fruiting vine below the rim, on a plain stem and conical foot, 17.5cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 23 June 2021, lot 13 (balustroid)Chris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jacobite engraved airtwist wine glass, circa 1750The round funnel bowl decorated with a six-petalled rose on a thorny leafy stem with one closed bud, set on a multi-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot, 15.8cm highFootnotes:According to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the engraving might be attributed to Engraver A in the author's nomenclature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jacobite engraved wine glass, circa 1745The drawn trumpet bowl decorated with a six-petalled rose on a thorny leafy stem with two buds, one open and one closed, a star to the reverse, on a plain stem containing a small tear, over a conical foot, 15.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionAccording to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the decoration may be attributed to Engraver D in the author's nomenclature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1725-30The truncated trumpet bowl with a deep solid base enclosing a small tear, on a collar above a quadruple-annulated knop, the stem with a bulbous true baluster containing a tear, over a conical folded foot, 17.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 13 June 1977, lot 192Stephen Pohlmann CollectionA very similar glass is illustrated by Delomosne and Son, The Baluster Family (1985), no.22a. See also lot 10 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jacobite engraved wine glass, circa 1745The generous round funnel bowl with a six-petalled rose on a thorny leafy stem with one closed bud, a moth in flight to the reverse, on a plain stem and conical foot, 15.3cm highFootnotes:According to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the decoration on this glass may be attributed to Engraver E in the author's nomenclature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Jacobite engraved airtwist small wine or cordial glass, circa 1750The drawn trumpet bowl with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem with two buds, one open and one closed, the reverse with an oak leaf, inscribed 'Fiat' below the rim, on a multi-spiral stem and conical foot, 14.9cm highFootnotes:According to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the engraving may be attributed to Engraver A in the author's nomenclature. A very similar glass was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 126.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare engraved commemorative airtwist wine glass, circa 1750The round funnel bowl decorated with a view of an unfortunate gentleman hanging from the gallows by a noose around his neck, flanked by the initials 'A B' for Admiral Byng, the reverse inscribed 'IUSTICE' below the rim, on a multi-spiral stem and conical foot, 15.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionAdmiral John Byng (1751-1757) was a high-ranking Naval Officer charged with relieving the British Garrison of Fort St Phillip in Minorca in 1756 as part of the Seven Years War. With an undermanned squadron and a fleet in poor repair, Byng took the decision to return to Gibraltar for refitting soon after first encountering the French. He was subsequently relieved of his command and ordered to return to England to face Court Martial, where he was convicted of 'failing to do his utmost' and sentenced to death. Many considered that Byng had been used as a scapegoat by the Admiralty following the loss of Minorca, but the sentence was carried out despite appeals to Parliament for clemency. Whilst he is shown here hanging, he was in fact executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch on 14 March 1757. A very similar glass from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 87 and is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.125, pl.199.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved light baluster goblet and an armorial wine glass, circa 1750-60The first with a generous round funnel bowl with a woman seated upon military trophies, an olive branch in her right hand and a bundle of seven tied arrows emblematic of the Seven United Provinces in her left, above a banner inscribed 'PAIX' (Peace), the stem with two teared shoulder knops above a slender teared inverted baluster, over a folded conical foot, 23.9cm high, the other with a slightly flared round funnel bowl decorated with the arms of Utrecht, flanked by lion supporters and resting on a diaper and strapwork bracket, the stem with two shoulder knop above a beaded inverted baluster with a basal knop, over a conical foot, 19.7cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceKrug Collection, Sotheby's, 14 March 1983, lot 666 (armorial glass)LiteratureBrigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug, Vol.2 (1973, p.248, no.675 (armorial glass)The glass inscribed 'PAIX' may commemorate the Peace of Utrecht, a series of peace treaties in Utrecht between 1713 and 1715 which brought the War of the Spanish Succession to a close.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Dutch engraved wine glasses, mid-18th centuryComprising a moulded-stem glass, the pointed round funnel bowl decorated with the White Horse of Hanover rearing up on a sward, inscribed 'VIVAT land hadeln' (Long Live Land Hadeln) below the rim, over a six-sided pedestal stem and folded conical foot, 17.2cm high, together with a Saxon glass, the thistle bowl with a solid faceted base, decorated with a formal cartouche containing a three-masted sailing ship, flanked by scrollwork and floral sprays, the reverse inscribed 'HET LANS WEELVARN' (The Prosperity of the Country), on a wide faceted teared inverted baluster stem, the spreading foot folded at the footrim, 18cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionLand Hadeln, a Peasant Republic in the northern most region of Lower Saxony, was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hanover in 1731 and annexed in 1763.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved baluster wine glass, mid-18th centuryThe tall pointed round funnel bowl with a solid base, decorated with a three-masted sailing ship at sea, flanked by stylised flowers, inscribed 'HET LANS WEL VAREN' (The Prosperity of the Country), the stem with a shoulder knop above a teared inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, the spreading foot folded at the footrim, 17.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved facet-cut baluster wine glass, dated 1761The glass perhaps German, the bucket bowl cut with thumbnail facets around the base, decorated with a merchant standing on a quayside and gesturing to a three-masted ship, flanked by scrollwork and flanked supporting baskets of flowers, the reverse inscribed 'T WEL VAAREN VAN/ ONS SCHIP DE IACOB/ ANNO 1761' (The Prosperity of Our Ship The Jacob, 1761), the teared faceted stem with a central short inverted baluster between two pairs of knops, over a conical foot neatly folded at the rim, 18.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceProperty of the Dutch noble family Quarles van Ufford, Bonhams, 14 November 2018, lot 51Chris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A modern silver wine coaster, W I Broadway & Co., Birm. 1991, with pierced lattice sides and turned mahogany base, 5in. (12.7cm.) diameter; together with an engine turned Art Deco style cigarette box, Jay, Richard Attenborough Co. Ltd., Birm. 1960, engraved inscription, 6½in. (16.5cm.) long, gross weight 15.5 tr.oz. (2). * - Coaster: Good, no faults.. * - Cig. box: Several dings to lid, crease above feet to left side and ding to side, engraved presentation inscription to front.
Attributed to Jacobus Linthorst (Dutch, 1745-1815), Still life of an urn of spring flowers on a marble table, with a wine glass, bird's nest and fruit, oil on canvas, unsigned, in a fine 18th century carved frame, 49 x 38in. (124.5 x 96.5cm.). * Provenance: Purchased in the late 1960s from a Mr. Wilson, as part of a property purchase in St Peter Port, Guernsey.
A good baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1730The flared trumpet bowl with a deep solid base enclosing a tear, on a collar above a double-annulated knop, the stem with a solid true baluster, over a conical folded foot, 17.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 13 June 1977, lot 194Stephen Pohlmann CollectionA similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.85, no.134. Another was sold by Bonhams as part of the Thomas Collection on 4 June 2008, lot 42. See also lot 9 in this sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved moulded stem wine glass, circa 1730-40The pointed round funnel bowl with a solid base enclosing a tear, decorated with a continuous harbour scene depicting a three-masted ship moored by the quayside with three figures in a rowing boat behind, two men unloading barrels and bales onto the harbourside beside a tree, a group of buildings in the distance, inscribed 'T WEL-VAERE VAN DE NEGOTIE' (The Welfare of the Trade), above a six-sided pedestal stem applied with diamonds on the shoulder, over a folded domed foot, 18.1cm highFootnotes:A very similar wine glass with a slightly different harbour scene beneath the same inscription was sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 394.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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