A rare Dutch engraved façon de Venise wine glass, last quarter 17th centuryThe conical bowl with a solid base, decorated in diamond-point with a continuous border incorporating two long-tailed birds, perhaps peacocks or pheasants, flanked by stylised scrolling foliage, the stem with a hollow quatrefoil knop between collars, above a short plain section, over a wide conical foot neatly folded at the edge, 12.5cm highFootnotesProvenance Private British Collection A similar glass from the Peter M Woolley collection was sold by Christie's on 20 May 1963, lot 49. Compare also to the example illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), p.85, no.65. A similar glass engraved in a similar style with horses instead of birds from the Guépin Collection was sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 5 July 1989, lot 57.
A rare Dutch engraved façon de Venise wine glass, last quarter 17th centuryThe conical bowl with a solid base, decorated in diamond-point with a continuous border incorporating two long-tailed birds, perhaps peacocks or pheasants, flanked by stylised scrolling foliage, the stem with a hollow quatrefoil knop between collars, above a short plain section, over a wide conical foot neatly folded at the edge, 12.5cm highFootnotesProvenance Private British Collection A similar glass from the Peter M Woolley collection was sold by Christie's on 20 May 1963, lot 49. Compare also to the example illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), p.85, no.65. A similar glass engraved in a similar style with horses instead of birds from the Guépin Collection was sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 5 July 1989, lot 57.
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