English & European Ceramics & Glass - 13th September 2011

Lot 42

A commemorative wine glass c.1783

Estimate £1,200 - £1,500 | Hammer £1300

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Description

A commemorative wine glass c.1783, celebrating the Treaty of Paris, engraved with Britannia, the reverse with a single flower, raised on an opaque twist stem, 15cm. The Treaty of Paris, signed on 3rd September 1783, formerly ended the American Revolutionary War between the United Kingdom and the United States of America.