Modern British & 20th Century Art - 31st May 2022
Lot 76
‡Laurence Whistler CBE (1912-2000)
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £4800
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Description
‡Laurence Whistler CBE (1912-2000)
A flower has opened in my heart
An engraved glass goblet commissioned by Siegfried Sassoon for Hester Sassoon's birthday, 16 March 1940.
The obverse engraved For Hester on her Birthday March the Sixteenth MCMXL from Siegfried, the reverse engraved A flower has opened in my heart, the foot engraved with an acanthus border and etched Laurence Whistler within an acanthus cartouche
19.5cm high
Provenance
Gifted by Siegfried Sassoon to Hester Sassoon, 16 March 1940;
And by family descent