English & European Ceramics & Glass - 7th April 2009
Lot 29
A rare Hanoverian wine glass
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2600
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Description
A rare Hanoverian wine glass, the bowl engraved with the White Horse of Hanover beneath a scroll bearing the inscription 'Liberty', a six petal rose to the reverse, raised on a double-knopped airtwist stem, c.1760, 15.5cm.
Cf. Geoffrey B. Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses, p.183.
