Crystal Double

1780-1860
Height: 5.4 cm
Mouths/lips: .6/1.4 cm
Stopper: tourmaline and sapphire; gilt-silver collars

Provenance:
The Riddell Collection
Bonham’s, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 6
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

 

Each rounded cylindrical vessel well hollowed, with flat lip and flat oval foot, the crystal with extensive attractive inclusions of tourmaline, stoppers, wood stand.

Alexander Whittaker