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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Tughan</strong> <strong>Collection</strong> of<br />

English Baluster Glasses<br />

Delomosne & Son Ltd<br />

Court Close, North Wraxall,<br />

Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 7AD<br />

September 2017


Copyright © Delomosne & Son Ltd 2017<br />

All rights reserved.<br />

Contents:<br />

Foreword Pages 3-4<br />

How to view and Buy Page 4<br />

Group Photographs Pages 6-9<br />

Individual glasses Pages 10-51<br />

Close up photographs Pages 52-58<br />

Prices Page 59<br />

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Foreword:<br />

We are delighted to be able to offer this fine collection of<br />

baluster glasses belonging to Kenneth <strong>Tughan</strong>. An avid<br />

collector for most of his life, Kenneth began to concentrate<br />

on glass in the late 1970s. From his home in Co. Down, he<br />

and his wife Carole made frequent forays to London in<br />

pursuit of his quest, visiting fairs, auctions and specialist<br />

antique shops. As time went by he began to specialise in two<br />

particular areas, one of which, quite naturally, was Irish<br />

glass, the other being heavy baluster glasses from the early<br />

years of the eighteenth century. This beguiling interest was<br />

ignited by his visit to our showroom, then in Campden Hill<br />

Road, on the 1st of May 1985. On this day we opened the<br />

Baluster Family Exhibition, which comprised the collection<br />

of Dr Clarence Lewis of Toronto, Canada. Dr Lewis had<br />

been a customer for many years and had built the finest<br />

collection of baluster glasses known to us. A small crowd<br />

assembled on our doorstep and at the given hour were<br />

admitted to make their purchases. What ensued might be<br />

described as a bun fight as rarely had such a good collection<br />

of balusters come onto the market. In amongst the turmoil<br />

Kenneth managed to secure his first serious baluster glass,<br />

no. 12a, now no. 12 in this current exhibition.<br />

As the years went by Kenneth’s collection rapidly grew into<br />

something to be proud of. It became his mission to acquire<br />

as many glasses from the Lewis collection as possible, as and<br />

when they appeared on the market. Ultimately he succeeded<br />

in gathering no less than fourteen of these glasses, twelve of<br />

which are now offered for sale here. For any collection a<br />

good provenance is highly desirable and Kenneth’s collection<br />

is rich in that department. <strong>The</strong> other important source for<br />

acquisitions was our mutual great friend, the late John Towse,<br />

whose collection of baluster goblets, cordials and glasses in<br />

general was legendary.<br />

I do not propose to regurgitate here a history of English<br />

glassmaking or to detail the finer differences in the variety<br />

and combination of knops in stems. This can be read in the<br />

introduction to the Baluster Family Catalogue and I cannot<br />

recommend highly enough Dwight Lanmon’s survey of John<br />

Bryan’s collection in <strong>The</strong> Golden Age of English Glass. You<br />

will there learn all there is to know on the subject. But I<br />

would draw your attention briefly to a few highlights. <strong>The</strong><br />

majority of glasses from this period have bowls which are<br />

round funnel, conical, sometimes trumpet and especially bellshaped<br />

from about 1725. Others less common are thistle and<br />

bucket shapes, but then there are a number of curiosities<br />

which a glance through the early books on the subject will<br />

reveal. I refer to a variety of double ogee or pan-top bowls,<br />

and even tulip-shaped ones which rarely appear for sale these<br />

days. <strong>The</strong>re are no less than six such glasses of this type in<br />

the collection.<br />

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Of particular note is the so-called lemon glass at no. 36.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re can only be a very few in existence and it is unlikely<br />

that many were ever made. All the rare knop forms are<br />

represented here. Egg, acorn, mushroom and cylinder are the<br />

notorious ones, but who has ever seen a ball knop as large as<br />

no. 6? If size of knop is the focus of attention then nos. 2 and<br />

31 are remarkable; if it is weight then nos. 4 and 15 are<br />

exceptional.<br />

A further important consideration when forming a collection<br />

of balusters is that one should seek out those which are well<br />

made as there are so many that were not. Proportion is key<br />

and execution of the stem paramount, with well balanced and<br />

well defined knops. Inevitably some glasses are less<br />

satisfactory than others in design but this general rule should<br />

always be borne in mind. All the glasses here fulfil that<br />

criteria. Condition is important too, and all glasses are in<br />

original, unrestored state. <strong>The</strong>re is no damage other than<br />

some slight wear in some bowls which is all too common but<br />

here it is not serious at all. Occasionally there is an open<br />

bubble, but this is common too and not to be unduly<br />

concerned about.<br />

A time comes for most of us when a move to a smaller, more<br />

manageable property becomes attractive and possessions<br />

have to be jettisoned. Kenneth’s unrivalled collection of Irish<br />

glass is now in the National Museum of Ireland and it is our<br />

task here to find new homes for the other love of his glass<br />

life, his balusters.<br />

We hope you enjoy looking through this collection and may<br />

be able to find something to add to your own.<br />

Timothy Osborne<br />

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How to view and buy<br />

<strong>The</strong> glasses will be on our web site for viewing only from<br />

9.30 am on Monday 18th September. <strong>The</strong>y will also be<br />

available to view in our North Wraxall showroom from 9.30<br />

am to 5.30 daily from Monday the 18th September until<br />

Saturday the 23rd September.<br />

<strong>The</strong> glasses will be available for purchase from 11am on<br />

Monday 25th September. Nothing will be sold before that<br />

time.<br />

If you wish to purchase a glass, please either telephone us,<br />

send us an email or come to the shop from 11am on the 25th.<br />

Priority will be given to people who are here in person. If<br />

you would like to give us a ‘wish list’ in advance, please do<br />

and if the glass you would like is still available after the<br />

initial rush we can put your name on it.<br />

We will not be having a marquee as we have done in<br />

previous years as this is primarily an online exhibition and<br />

we do not expect a lot of visitors on opening day.<br />

Glasses can be taken or posted as soon as paid for. Postage<br />

will be charged as an extra cost.<br />

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From left to right: 24, 1, 26, 6, 8 & 42 From left to right: 7, 40, 2, 21, 29 & 4<br />

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From left to right: 15, 30, 20, 11, 10, 31 & 42 From left to right: 14, 32, 25, 9, 17 & 5<br />

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From left to right: 19, 28, 39, 23, 22 & 16 From left to right: 35, 33, 38, 13, 12 & 3<br />

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From left to right: 18, 27, 34, 36, 37 & 41<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Glasses<br />

1.<br />

A fine coin goblet with round funnel bowl over a hollow knop<br />

with raspberry prunts containing a silver four pence dated 1689,<br />

above an inverted baluster and folded foot.<br />

English c.1700-20 Height 24.2 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Sir John Risley.<br />

Walter F. Smith.<br />

Dr George Penny.<br />

G. Seton Veitch.<br />

W. B. Haynes, <strong>The</strong> Glorious Memory, <strong>The</strong><br />

Antique Collector, May/June 1949, fig. 4. 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> Seton Veitch <strong>Collection</strong>, Delomosne &<br />

Son Ltd, North Wraxall, no. 5.<br />

A magnificent coin goblet, well made and of excellent<br />

proportions. One of a group of glasses made in the early<br />

eighteenth century which frequently contain a seventeenth<br />

century coin. <strong>The</strong> maker has decorated the hollow knop with<br />

prunts, a feature sometimes seen at this date and which is a<br />

throw-back to seventeenth-century glass making.<br />

This glass was lot 83 in the Walter F. Smith sale at Sotheby’s on<br />

4th December, 1967.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is an small open bubble to the outside of the bowl.<br />

1 Cited by Sotheby’s in the Walter F. Smith Catalogue 4th December, 1967<br />

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2.<br />

A goblet, the deep round funnel bowl with solid base on a stem<br />

with wide angular and base knops with central tear and with<br />

wide folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710<br />

Provenance:<br />

Height 20.7 cm<br />

Alan F. Green.<br />

Delomosne & Son Ltd.<br />

A fine heavy baluster goblet in brilliant metal with a particularly<br />

large and handsome angular knop.<br />

A comparable glass, but not with such a wide knop, was in the<br />

A. C. Hubbard <strong>Collection</strong>, see Lloyd, W., A Wine-lover’s<br />

Glasses: <strong>The</strong> A. C. Hubbard, Jr. <strong>Collection</strong>, Richard Dennis,<br />

Somerset, 2000.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is very minor wear to the interior of the bowl.<br />

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3.<br />

A wineglass, the round funnel bowl with solid base over an<br />

inverted baluster stem with large tear and on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 15.5 cm<br />

Provenance:<br />

Delomosne & Son Ltd.<br />

A good glass of simple form in fine bright metal.<br />

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4.<br />

A massive deceptive toastmaster’s glass, the thick conical bowl<br />

on an inverted baluster stem with large tear and on a thick foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 6.5 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Exhibited:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Arthur Lewis.<br />

John Towse.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Glass Circle 50th Anniversary<br />

Exhibition.<br />

Strange and Rare: 50th Anniversary<br />

Exhibition 1937-1987 <strong>The</strong> Glass Circle,<br />

London, 1987, no. 31.<br />

A remarkable and most unusual glass of great weight and size.<br />

Weight is 1lb 12oz or 790g.<br />

<strong>The</strong> king of toastmasters’ glasses.<br />

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5.<br />

A wineglass, the round funnel bowl with solid base on a stem<br />

with teared angular knop on a domed and terraced foot.<br />

English c. 1710-20 Height 16.8 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Sir John Risley.<br />

Walter F Smith.<br />

Henry Fox.<br />

A fine-looking glass with a particularly rare foot type, more<br />

often seen in taper and candlesticks.<br />

This glass was lot 629 in the Walter F. Smith sale at Sotheby’s<br />

on 24th June, 1968. A very similar glass is illustrated by Ward<br />

Lloyd, Investing in Georgian Glass, p. 39. Glasses with similar<br />

feet are illustrated in Thorpe, W. A., A History of English and<br />

Irish Glass, Vol. II, <strong>The</strong> Medici Society, London, 1929, pl. LII,<br />

figs. 1, 2 & 3.<br />

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6.<br />

A wineglass, the round funnel bowl with solid base and tear, on<br />

a stem with a large ball knop with tear and short knopped<br />

section, on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 13.8 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

John and Pamela Whittle.<br />

<strong>The</strong> very large ball knop makes this glass an exceptional<br />

example. Rarely is this unusual knop so clearly and<br />

emphatically employed.<br />

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7.<br />

A large goblet with round funnel bowl on a half knop above a<br />

generous inverted baluster stem with large tear and on a folded<br />

foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 23.5 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

John Towse.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 2.<br />

A splendid glass of great distinction, good colour and fine<br />

proportion. <strong>The</strong> half knop under the bowl only appears on the<br />

highest-quality glasses.<br />

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8.<br />

A fine goblet, the round funnel bowl over a small knop, with<br />

angular and base knopped stem with linking tear over a domed<br />

and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-20 Height 20.5 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Martin Mortimer MBE.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family (front cover),<br />

Delomosne & Son Ltd, London, 1985.<br />

This lovely goblet provided the inspiration for the line drawing<br />

made for the front cover of <strong>The</strong> Baluster Family catalogue. It was<br />

chosen for its elegant form and fine proportions; the<br />

quintessential baluster glass.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is minor wear to the interior of the bowl.<br />

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9.<br />

A goblet, the round funnel bowl with solid base and large tear<br />

over a triple annulated and base knop stem with linking tear on a<br />

domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 19.4 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

John Towse.<br />

A fine heavy glass in brilliant metal with the early type of triple<br />

annulated knop having the centre ring at least twice as thick as<br />

those above and below. Very good colour.<br />

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10.<br />

A rare wineglass, the pan-top bowl with solid base on a stem<br />

with a large drop knop with tear on a domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-20 Height 15.3 cm<br />

Double ogee or pan-top bowls are very scarce in the baluster<br />

period. This is an excellent example with its cone-shaped drop<br />

knop and elegant domed foot.<br />

For the bowl shape see Bickerton, L. M., Eighteenth Century<br />

English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated Guide, Antique<br />

Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1971, no. 104, p. 77.<br />

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11.<br />

A large wineglass, the tulip bowl with solid base on a stem with<br />

hollow drop knop, plain section and base knop on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715-20 Height 17.7 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

John Towse.<br />

A most unusual and rare form of glass for this period. It is<br />

lighter in weight than some due to the volume of air in the stem.<br />

For the form see Hartshorne, A., Old English Glasses, Edward<br />

Arnold, London, 1897, p. 236, fig. 169. For a glass from the<br />

same set see the Walter F. Smith <strong>Collection</strong>, Sotheby’s, 18th<br />

March, 1968, lot 333.<br />

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12.<br />

A goblet, the thistle bowl with solid base, engraved with the<br />

arms of the City of Delft beneath the inscription GOEDE REGE<br />

RINGE VAN DELFT, the stem with mushroom and base knops<br />

on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-20 Height 18.2 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Roy Dunstan.<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no.12a;<br />

Glass Notes 12, Arthur Churchill Ltd,<br />

London, 1952, fig. 2.<br />

<strong>The</strong> classic form for a mushroom knop having a thistle bowl. It<br />

is likely that the engraving is English in spite of the Dutch<br />

subject matter.<br />

For other engraved baluster glasses see Lanmon, Dwight P., <strong>The</strong><br />

Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775, Antique Collectors’<br />

Club, Woodbridge, 2011, p. 140.<br />

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13.<br />

A wineglass, the bell bowl with tear in solid base on a hollow<br />

inverted baluster stem containing a threepenny coin dated 1708,<br />

and base knop on a folded foot.<br />

English c.1710-20 Height 16.1 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

W. Randolph Hearst.<br />

Kirkby Mason.<br />

Harrison Hughes.<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 5.<br />

A nicely made coin glass with the entire stem hollow instead of<br />

a knop only. For once the coin date is a good indicator for the<br />

date of manufacture of the glass.<br />

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14.<br />

A heavy wineglass, the thistle bowl with large solid base with<br />

collar beneath on a short, four-sided pedestal stem with central<br />

air column on a heavy plain foot.<br />

English c. 1715-20 Height 16.2 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Lord McAlpine.<br />

A very good example from a series of massively made glasses<br />

with four-sided stems and exaggerated thistle bowls. A fine<br />

glass.<br />

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15.<br />

An unusual goblet, with double ogee cup-shaped bowl with tear<br />

to base, on a wide cushion knop with half knop below and base<br />

knop over a high domed plain foot.<br />

English c.1710-20 Height 17.7 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

John Towse.<br />

A rare glass of considerable weight and a fine example of the<br />

rare double ogee bowl. <strong>The</strong>re was only one such glass in the<br />

Baluster Family 1985 exhibition. It weighs 1lb 8oz or 720g.<br />

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16.<br />

A heavy wineglass, the round funnel bowl with solid base and<br />

tear set on a wide triple annulated knop with tear, short plain<br />

section and base knop, with thick plain domed foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 13.9 cm<br />

A good stout glass with the early wide annular knop. <strong>The</strong> metal<br />

is bright and of a good colour.<br />

A very similar wineglass is illustrated in Bickerton, L. M.,<br />

Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated<br />

Guide, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1971, no. 83, p.<br />

72, probably that sold by Sotheby’s in the Henry Brown<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>, 14th November, 1947, lot 221.<br />

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17.<br />

A fine cordial glass, the small waisted bucket bowl on a wide<br />

collar, the plain stem with central swelling knop and large tear<br />

and base knop on a plain foot.<br />

English c.1715-25 Height 14.8 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

W Horridge.<br />

John Towse.<br />

“….Strength and Chearfulness",<br />

Delomosne & Son Ltd, North Wraxall,<br />

1997, no. 2b.<br />

Cordials are rare in the baluster period and this is an exceptional<br />

example with its small, squat bowl.<br />

A glass of this pattern but with a larger bowl is illustrated in<br />

Turnbull G. & Herron A. <strong>The</strong> Price Guide to English 18th<br />

Century Drinking Glasses, Antique Collectors’ Club,<br />

Woodbridge, 1970, p. 29.<br />

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18.<br />

A sweetmeat glass with wide, shallow double ogee bowl on a<br />

short inverted baluster stem with tear and with plain domed<br />

foot.<br />

English c. 1715-20 Height 12 cm<br />

A rare early sweetmeat glass of pleasing design, all the better for<br />

being unadorned.<br />

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19.<br />

A large wineglass, the bell bowl with solid base over a sevenring<br />

annulated knop stem with base knop on a folded foot.<br />

English c.1720-25 Height 17.2 cm<br />

Provenance:<br />

Delomosne & Son Ltd.<br />

<strong>The</strong> seven-ring annular knop is the rarest in this sub-family.<br />

Here is a superb example with a generous and almost perfectly<br />

symmetrical knop. A very good glass indeed.<br />

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20.<br />

A wineglass with cup-shaped double ogee bowl on a teared<br />

inverted baluster stem and folded foot.<br />

English c.1720-30 Height 13 cm<br />

A rare glass with exaggerated double ogee bowl, so scarce at<br />

that time.<br />

A very similar or possibly the same glass is illustrated in<br />

Francis, Grant, R., Old English Drinking Glasses: <strong>The</strong>ir<br />

Chronology and Sequence, Herbert Jenkins Ltd., London, 1926,<br />

pl. V, fig. 25 and again in Bickerton, L. M., Eighteenth Century<br />

English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated Guide, Antique<br />

Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1971, no. 57, pl. 65.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a small open bubble to the outside of the bowl.<br />

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21.<br />

A wineglass, the conical bowl with solid base and tear on a<br />

collar and a large drop knop with tear and base knop on a<br />

domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 16.2 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 15a.<br />

A splendid example of a big early drop knop, the whole glass<br />

being defined by the collar under the bowl. A fine glass.<br />

For a very similar glass see Bate, P., English Table Glass,<br />

George Newnes Ltd, London, 1905, pl. VI, no. 17. Another was<br />

in the Vergette <strong>Collection</strong>, Sotheby’s 28th March, 1966, lot 134.<br />

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22.<br />

A wineglass, the round funnel bowl on stem with egg-type knop,<br />

angular and base knops with linking tear on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1720-25 Height 13.2 cm<br />

This is a pretty glass with a rare upper knop. This stem form is<br />

occasionally seen with an inverted baluster under the bowl but<br />

the present arrangement is most unusual.<br />

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23.<br />

A rare wineglass, the round funnel bowl with centre knop over<br />

half knop, the stem with good egg knop and tear with base knop<br />

on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 17.1 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Roy Dunstan.<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 14.<br />

An excellent example of an egg knop, often considered to be the<br />

rarest of all. It did not always lend itself to an elegant design<br />

but here it has worked very well. A fine and rare glass.<br />

<strong>The</strong> glass rocks slightly but it stands straight.<br />

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24.<br />

A fine and rare large wineglass, the trumpet bowl with solid<br />

base and tear on a cylinder knop stem with central tear, collar<br />

and flattened knop on a domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Height 18.6 cm<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 13b.<br />

A superb example of a cylinder knop in the classic layout. <strong>The</strong><br />

cylinder itself is beautifully and generously made.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is slight wear to the interior of the bowl.<br />

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25.<br />

A cordial glass, the small trumpet bowl with teared solid base<br />

over flattened knop and collar with long, teared, cylinder knop,<br />

with half and base knops, on a plain foot.<br />

English c. 1715-25 Height 16.8 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

John Towse.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 13a.<br />

“….Strength & Chearfulness", Delomosne<br />

& Son Ltd, North Wraxall, 1997, no. 1a.<br />

<strong>The</strong> rare cordial version of the cylinder knop theme, this one<br />

finely made in bright metal and with good colour.<br />

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26.<br />

A wineglass, the round funnel bowl with solid base and tear,<br />

over a collar and large inverted acorn knop and on folded foot.<br />

English c. 1710-15 Height 13.9 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no. 10a.<br />

An extremely rare example of an inverted acorn knop. Apart<br />

from the half knop to the base, the entire stem is formed by the<br />

large acorn.<br />

<strong>The</strong> bowl has a very slight scratch.<br />

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27.<br />

A goblet, the bucket bowl with everted rim, the stem with teared<br />

inverted baluster and base knops on large folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715-20 Height 18.7 cm<br />

<strong>The</strong> bucket bowl does not often appear at this period but when it<br />

does it can make for a very pleasing form, as in this nice<br />

example.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is slight wear to the interior of the bowl.<br />

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28.<br />

A very fine goblet, the round funnel bowl with teared solid base<br />

and half knop on a teared inverted baluster stem and on domed<br />

and folded foot and with helmet cover.<br />

English c. 1715-25 Height 28.5 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Earl of Haddington.<br />

G. Seton Veitch.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Seton Veitch <strong>Collection</strong>, Delomosne &<br />

Son Ltd. North Wraxall, 2006, no. 6c.<br />

A wonderful, elegant glass with great presence which is<br />

considerably elevated by its fine cover. Covers are rarely seen<br />

on English glasses, though doubtless many have not survived.<br />

A glass of similar form with cover is in the John Bryan<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>, see Lanmon, Dwight P., <strong>The</strong> Golden Age of English<br />

Glass 1650-1775, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 2011,<br />

p. 106.<br />

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29.<br />

A goblet with round funnel bowl on a stem with opposing<br />

baluster knops each with a tear and with central collar on a<br />

domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715-20 Height 21 cm<br />

An unusual stem form most often seen in the wineglass size. It<br />

is rare in a goblet and this one is in fine bright metal.<br />

A glass from the same set is illustrated in Thorpe, W. A., English<br />

& Irish Glass, <strong>The</strong> Medici Society, London, 1927, fig. 9, and<br />

was in the Hamilton Clements collection; later sold in the<br />

Thomas <strong>Collection</strong>, Bonham’s, 4th June, 2008, lot 11.<br />

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30.<br />

A rare goblet, the deep double-ogee bowl with solid base on<br />

stem with large angular knop with tear on a high domed and<br />

folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715-30 Height 21.3 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

G. F. Berney.<br />

Walter F. Smith.<br />

Bles, J., Rare English Glasses of the 17th &<br />

18th Centuries, Geoffrey Bles, London,<br />

1925, no. 131.<br />

Thorpe, W. A., A History of English and<br />

Irish Glass, Vol II, <strong>The</strong> Medici Society,<br />

London, 1929, pl. XLIX , fig 2.<br />

Apollo, London, October 1936,<br />

Hughes, G. Bernard, English, Scottish &<br />

Irish Table Glass, Bramhall House, New<br />

York, 1956, pl. 37b.<br />

A very rare glass, particularly in goblet size. <strong>The</strong> high domed<br />

foot is notable as well as the double ogee bowl, so uncommon at<br />

this period.<br />

This glass was lot no. 657 in the Walter F. Smith <strong>Collection</strong> sold<br />

at Sotheby’s on 24th June, 1968. Part of the catalogue<br />

description reads “originally one of a pair of celebrated<br />

goblets”.<br />

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31.<br />

A rare goblet, the tulip bowl drawn down into a massive drop<br />

knop with large air inclusion, short stem section and domed and<br />

folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715-25 Height 17.5 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

John Towse.<br />

An extremely rare glass, the unusual bowl and huge drop knop<br />

formed from the same gather of glass.<br />

A similar glass, but with a smaller knop, is in the Tibbenham<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>, Ipswich Museum, illustrated in Bickerton, L. M.,<br />

Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated<br />

Guide, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1971, no. 85,<br />

p. 72.<br />

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32.<br />

An extremely rare goblet, the round funnel bowl engraved with<br />

the arms of William, Prince of Orange, beneath the toast VIVAT<br />

ORANIE on a bobbin knopped stem with central multi-teared<br />

knop and on a plain foot.<br />

English c. 1730-40 Height 20.1 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Exhibited:<br />

Henry Brown.<br />

Peter M. Woolley.<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985, no.29.<br />

Prized Possessions from Private Homes,<br />

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1968,<br />

p. 84, no. 373.<br />

William of Orange married Anne, daughter of George II in<br />

1734, having been created Knight of the Garter the year before.<br />

This goblet is likely to have been made to celebrate the event,<br />

which fits well with the possible date of this rare stem type. A<br />

brilliant and most pleasing glass.<br />

Another, but with smaller bobbins, is illustrated in the Cinzano<br />

<strong>Collection</strong> Catalogue, Lazarus, P., Cinzano Glass <strong>Collection</strong>,<br />

London, 1974 and a similar glass, but without engraving, is in<br />

the Durrington <strong>Collection</strong>, Broadfield House Glass Museum,<br />

Dudley, 2006, no. 12, p. 11. This glass was lot 114 in the Henry<br />

Brown collection sold by Sotheby’s on 2nd July, 1947.<br />

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33.<br />

A goblet, the bell bowl on a stem with a five ring annular knop<br />

and true baluster, on plain conical foot.<br />

English c. 1725-30 Height 21 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Lord McAlpine.<br />

A fine goblet of a type much favoured at this date. <strong>The</strong> true<br />

baluster stem is the key feature here and the annulated knop<br />

may be considered a bonus.<br />

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34.<br />

A rare dessert glass, the oval double ogee bowl with a finely<br />

engraved baroque border on a stem with an acorn knop flanked<br />

by small knops on a domed foot.<br />

English c. 1730-40 Height 16.8 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Alexander.<br />

Bickerton, L. M., Eighteenth Century<br />

English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated<br />

Guide, Antique Collectors’ Club,<br />

Woodbridge, 1971, p. 97, no. 179.<br />

An extremely rare glass often known as a ‘lemon’ glass, which<br />

may have been placed on top of a pyramid of tazzas at the<br />

dessert.<br />

A similar glass was in <strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985. no. 28.<br />

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35.<br />

A large wineglass, the bell bowl engraved with a basket of<br />

flowers, on a stem with a drop knop over a teared true baluster<br />

and with domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1715-30 Height 16.9 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985. no. 15b.<br />

A beautifully made glass of good proportions with two fine<br />

knops. <strong>The</strong> engraving is neatly done and its presence is<br />

presumably purely decorative.<br />

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36.<br />

A goblet, the bell bowl with solid base and tear, the stem with<br />

large triple annulated knop between plain sections and base<br />

knop with domed and folded foot.<br />

English c. 1720-30 Height 17.9 cm<br />

A classic glass of the period with the early triple annulated<br />

knop. In fine and bright metal.<br />

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37.<br />

A large wineglass, the bell bowl with solid base and tear, the<br />

stem with inverted baluster knop and tear and base knop, on a<br />

folded foot.<br />

English c. 1725-35 Height 19.9 cm<br />

A very nice, bright example of a relatively common glass with a<br />

good wide folded foot.<br />

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38.<br />

A goblet, the bell bowl with solid base on stem with angular<br />

knop over true baluster stem and on plain conical foot.<br />

English c. 1725-35 Height 18.3 cm<br />

<strong>The</strong> bowl of this glass is a little worn and has a small, open<br />

bubble and some slight fogging to the lower part; otherwise a<br />

good glass.<br />

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39.<br />

A small wineglass, the bell bowl with large tear to base on an<br />

inverted baluster stem with base knop and with folded foot.<br />

English c. 1725-35 Height 12.2 cm<br />

<strong>Collection</strong>s:<br />

Illustrated:<br />

Dr Clarence Lewis.<br />

Harding.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Baluster Family, Delomosne & Son<br />

Ltd, London, 1985. no. 3a.<br />

A neat little glass in a size smaller than is usually seen.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a slight scour mark to a small area within the bowl.<br />

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40.<br />

A small wineglass with bell bowl, the stem with plain section<br />

and true baluster with base knop, on a folded foot.<br />

English c. 1725-35 Height 12.6 cm<br />

An uncommon stem in a glass of this size. <strong>The</strong> type is<br />

sometimes known as a gin glass.<br />

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41.<br />

A sweetmeat glass with panel-moulded bowl on stem with<br />

collar, triple annulated knop, base knop and with folded foot.<br />

English c. 1730-45 Height 12.2 cm<br />

A very nice sweetmeat glass with the moulding in the bowl well<br />

defined. <strong>The</strong> metal is of a good dark colour.<br />

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42.<br />

An unusual dram glass, the deep bell bowl on collars and large<br />

multi-teared knop and with domed and terraced foot.<br />

English c. 1730-40 Height 13.5 cm<br />

A most unusual glass but almost certainly for drinking as<br />

opposed to dessert. It sits well in the hand, is bright and of good<br />

colour.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Prices<br />

1 £14,000.00 15 £4,500.00 29 £5,500.00<br />

2 £6,000.00 16 £4,000.00 30 £5,000.00<br />

3 £2,250.00 17 £3,000.00 31 £5,500.00<br />

4 £4,750.00 18 £2,000.00 32 £6,000.00<br />

5 £4,500.00 19 £4,500.00 33 £3,250.00<br />

6 £3,000.00 20 £1,800.00 34 £7,000.00<br />

7 £7,000.00 21 £5,500.00 35 £4,500.00<br />

8 £5,500.00 22 £2,200.00 36 £3,500.00<br />

9 £4,000.00 23 £6,500.00 37 £2,500.00<br />

10 £5,500.00 24 £8,500.00 38 £1,750.00<br />

11 £3,600.00 25 £3,500.00 39 £900.00<br />

12 £5,000.00 26 £5,500.00 40 £450.00<br />

13 £4,500.00 27 £2,750.00 41 £1,600.00<br />

14 £3,500.00 28 £8,500.00 42 £2,000.00<br />

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