The Tughan Collection
A catalogue to accompany the online exhibition and sale of The Kenneth Tughan collection of Baluster glasses.
A catalogue to accompany the online exhibition and sale of The Kenneth Tughan collection of Baluster glasses.
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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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