English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th April 2010
Lot 24
An Irish glass Prussian decanter
Estimate £60 - £80 | Hammer £100
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Description
An Irish glass Prussian decanter, engraved with a toast to 'The Land We Live In' above a shamrock roundel, the reverse with shamrock and thistle, late 18th century, reduced at the neck, 16.7cm.
Cf. Andy McConnell, The Decanter, p.232 pl.331 for a similar example which sold in 2000 for IR£14,950.
