Each crizzled fluted triple gourd vase within a gilt-metal dentiled rope-twist footrim
12³⁄₄ in. (32.3 cm.) high, excluding fitments

Acquired from Mallett & Son, London, 27 September 1990 (as early English lead glass, circa 1675).

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Lot Essay

For English and Continental examples of late 17th century crizzled glass vases from which the present pair take their inspiration, see C. Sheppard, A Collection of Fine Glass from the Restoration to the Regency, London, 1990; also Dwight P. Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775, the Collection of John H. Bryan, 2009, cat. no. 2a,b, and an example in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (museum no. C.120-1916).