The Tughan Collection

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Copyright © Delomosne & Son Ltd 2017 All rights reserved. Contents: Foreword Pages 3-4 How to view and Buy Page 4 Group Photographs Pages 6-9 Individual glasses Pages 10-51 Close up photographs Pages 52-58 Prices Page 59 !2
Foreword: We are delighted to be able to offer this fine collection of baluster glasses belonging to Kenneth Tughan. An avid collector for most of his life, Kenneth began to concentrate on glass in the late 1970s. From his home in Co. Down, he and his wife Carole made frequent forays to London in pursuit of his quest, visiting fairs, auctions and specialist antique shops. As time went by he began to specialise in two particular areas, one of which, quite naturally, was Irish glass, the other being heavy baluster glasses from the early years of the eighteenth century. This beguiling interest was ignited by his visit to our showroom, then in Campden Hill Road, on the 1st of May 1985. On this day we opened the Baluster Family Exhibition, which comprised the collection of Dr Clarence Lewis of Toronto, Canada. Dr Lewis had been a customer for many years and had built the finest collection of baluster glasses known to us. A small crowd assembled on our doorstep and at the given hour were admitted to make their purchases. What ensued might be described as a bun fight as rarely had such a good collection of balusters come onto the market. In amongst the turmoil Kenneth managed to secure his first serious baluster glass, no. 12a, now no. 12 in this current exhibition. As the years went by Kenneth’s collection rapidly grew into something to be proud of. It became his mission to acquire as many glasses from the Lewis collection as possible, as and when they appeared on the market. Ultimately he succeeded in gathering no less than fourteen of these glasses, twelve of which are now offered for sale here. For any collection a good provenance is highly desirable and Kenneth’s collection is rich in that department. The other important source for acquisitions was our mutual great friend, the late John Towse, whose collection of baluster goblets, cordials and glasses in general was legendary. I do not propose to regurgitate here a history of English glassmaking or to detail the finer differences in the variety and combination of knops in stems. This can be read in the introduction to the Baluster Family Catalogue and I cannot recommend highly enough Dwight Lanmon’s survey of John Bryan’s collection in The Golden Age of English Glass. You will there learn all there is to know on the subject. But I would draw your attention briefly to a few highlights. The majority of glasses from this period have bowls which are round funnel, conical, sometimes trumpet and especially bellshaped from about 1725. Others less common are thistle and bucket shapes, but then there are a number of curiosities which a glance through the early books on the subject will reveal. I refer to a variety of double ogee or pan-top bowls, and even tulip-shaped ones which rarely appear for sale these days. There are no less than six such glasses of this type in the collection. !3
Page 1: The Tughan Collection of English Ba
Page 5 and 6: How to view and buy The glasses wil
Page 7 and 8: From left to right: 15, 30, 20, 11,
Page 9 and 10: From left to right: 18, 27, 34, 36,
Page 11 and 12: 2. A goblet, the deep round funnel
Page 13 and 14: 4. A massive deceptive toastmaster
Page 15 and 16: 6. A wineglass, the round funnel bo
Page 17 and 18: 8. A fine goblet, the round funnel
Page 19 and 20: 10. A rare wineglass, the pan-top b
Page 21 and 22: 12. A goblet, the thistle bowl with
Page 23 and 24: 14. A heavy wineglass, the thistle
Page 25 and 26: 16. A heavy wineglass, the round fu
Page 27 and 28: 18. A sweetmeat glass with wide, sh
Page 29 and 30: 20. A wineglass with cup-shaped dou
Page 31 and 32: 22. A wineglass, the round funnel b
Page 33 and 34: 24. A fine and rare large wineglass
Page 35 and 36: 26. A wineglass, the round funnel b
Page 37 and 38: 28. A very fine goblet, the round f
Page 39 and 40: 30. A rare goblet, the deep double-
Page 41 and 42: 32. An extremely rare goblet, the r
Page 43 and 44: 34. A rare dessert glass, the oval
Page 45 and 46: 36. A goblet, the bell bowl with so
Page 47 and 48: 38. A goblet, the bell bowl with so
Page 49 and 50: 40. A small wineglass with bell bow
Page 51 and 52: 42. An unusual dram glass, the deep
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Additional close up photographs 9a
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Additional close up photographs 24a
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Additional close up photographs 34c
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The Prices 1 £14,000.00 15 £4,500
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