European Ceramics & Glass - 21st October 2008

Lot 10

A massive pair of decanters and stoppers

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £4200

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Description

A massive pair of decanters and stoppers, each to hold six bottles, engraved with a coronet and the motto of the Order of the Garter, the other side with the initials 'JR' amidst swags of hops and barley, 2nd half 19th century, damage to one stopper, 39cm. (4) Provenance: formerly the property of the 9th Duke of Newcastle, and thence by descent.