English and European Ceramics and Glass - 02 May 2018
A cut glass pineapple stand c.1800
A cut glass pineapple stand c.1800, raised on a wide flared foot cut with a hobnail band rising to a stepped stem, 11.3cm high.
Provenance: the Lefroy family, Annemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Thomas Langlois Lefroy had a brief affair with Jane Austen in 1795 and is rumoured to have been the inspiration for Mr Darcy.