£290.00
$361.66
Product Code: 2023041617
Technical Description
An ogee bowl engraved with a stylised rose and flower sprigs with an unusual flying insect on the reverse. Double Series opaque twist stem consisting of a pair of multi-ply corkscrews outside a pair of spiral tapes. Conical foot.
Date & Origin
England, c1760. Period of George III.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown.
Dimensions
Height: 15cm Bowl Diameter: 5.1cm Foot Diameter: 6.8cm.
Historical Context
Hand-blown around the time that the English clockmaker, John Harrison, produced the first successful marine chronometer “The No. 1 sea watch”.
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