Lot 595
COLLECTION OF BOHEMIAN OVERLAY GLASS
ENGRAVED WITH THE BREADALBANE CREST AND THE ORDER OF THE THISTLE, MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two: 19 May 2022 | From 11:00
Description
all pieces with clear ground body overlaid in opaque white and pale blue, cut through with shaped panels engraved with the Breadalbane crest and the Order of the Thistle; comprising two large decanters, one with a stopper; and two smaller decanters, both with stoppers; two matching cylindrical glass beakers; a group of four finger bowls and two posy bowls of tapering cylindrical form
Dimensions
Largest decanter 36cm high ; smaller decanters 25cm and 26cm high (including stoppers), beakers 8.8cm and 9cm high, finger bowls 11cm high, posy bowls 7.9cm high
Provenance
Provenance: The 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, Taymouth Castle, Perth and Kinross. Thence by family descent.
Footnote
On 1st May 1851 The Great Exhibition was declared open by John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, as Lord Steward. By family repute the collection of layered Bohemian glass was a presentation gift to the Marquess to commemorate the occasion of his opening the Great Exhibition. It is likely that the glass was manufactured by an exhibitor participating in The Great Exhibition.