Glassware

Two Whitefriars textured range Bark vases, designed by Geoffrey Baxter, circa 1970, one in ruby tint, with original applied paper label, the other tangerine, height 15.3cm, together with a Whitefriars flanged vase in flint, height 20cm. Provenance: from the collection of John and Poppy Stallebrass.

Two Iittala Avena glass vases, designed by Tapio Wirkkala, engraved marks to bases, 23cm and 23.5cm high, together with two Iittala Pinus glass vases, designed by Tapio Wirkkala, 23.5cm and 16.5cm high, and a Timo Sarpaneva designed vase of similar textured form, height 25.3cm. Provenance: from the collection of John and Poppy Stallebrass.

A Val St. Lambert glass vase of gently wrythen moulded flared shape, the clear body with shaded pinkish colouring to the rim, engraved mark to base, height 16.5cm, together with a Lobmeyr studio glass vase, the opaque white body with green splodges against a shaded black ground, engraved mark to base with numerals '1951', height 28.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of John and Poppy Stallebrass.

A Murano glass vase in the style of Barovier & Toso, of flared cylindrical shape, shaded from green to clear, the rib moulded exterior internally decorated with vertical lines of air bubbles and gold flecks, unmarked, height 17.5cm, together with a small group of other mostly Murano glass, including a vase with pink and green shaded body above a heavy solid clear base with blue and green spirals, applied paper label, height 24cm, a blue glass vase of handkerchief shape with a spiralling yellow thread to the exterior, height 16cm, a clear centrepiece, a bubble control vase, a similar bowl and a red glass bowl. Provenance: from the collection of John and Poppy Stallebrass.

Seven assorted plain stem wines, mid-18th century, each with folded conical foot, including an example with ogee bowl, height 14.5cm, one with large bell bowl, height 17cm, and a drawn trumpet bowl with teared stem, height 14.3cm (minor chip to one bowl), together with a pair of short ale glasses, mid-18th century, the wrythen moulded funnel bowls above two flattened knops and conical feet, height 14cm, four other ale glasses, including one engraved with hops and barley, height 12cm, and one with faceted stem, height 14cm (chips to foot), and a pair of jelly glasses of rib-moulded form, height 11.5cm. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A large composite stem wine glass, circa 1750, the bell bowl with solid base, engraved with a band of fruiting vine to the rim, raised on an eight-ply airtwist stem above a three-ringed annulated knop sitting on a beaded flattened knop, above a domed foot, height 22.5cm. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A wine glass, circa 1740, the bell bowl with solid teared base, indistinctly engraved 'Maria Hurst' (?), above a plain stem with an elongated narrow tear inclusion over a basal knop and domed foot, height 17.8cm, together with two other plain stem wines, 14.8cm and 16.5cm high. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A ratafia glass, circa 1785, the rounded funnel bowl engraved and polished with a festooned garland to the rim, above a diamond faceted stem and conical foot, height 17cm, together with a faceted stem ale glass, height 17.5cm. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A faceted stem wine glass, circa 1785, the ogee bowl engraved and polished with a bee opposing a flowering stem, raised on a diamond faceted stem with central knop, above a conical foot, height 14.5cm, together with two other faceted stem glasses, one with a scalloped foot, height 15.3cm, the other with geometric engraved and polished bowl, height 14cm. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A plain stem wine glass, circa 1740-50, the bell bowl with teared solid base, engraved to the rim with a band of foliate scrollwork, on a plain stem and conical foot, height 16.8cm, together with a plain stem wine, engraved with fruiting vine to the rim of the drawn trumpet bowl, on a conical foot, height 16cm. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A Continental plain stem wine glass, Lauenstein, circa 1740, the drawn trumpet bowl above a plain teared stem and conical foot, engraved to the pontil with a rampant lion, height 16.5cm, together with a Continental double series opaque twist stem wine glass, height 16.8cm (bowl chipped), and a pedestal stem glass with probable Dutch engraving to the rounded funnel bowl, on a domed and folded foot (foot broken away from stem). Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

Two Continental soda wine glasses, 18th century, the first with drawn trumpet bowl above a plain teared stem and folded conical foot, height 16cm, the second with bell bowl over the shoulder knopped teared stem and folded conical foot, height 15.5cm, together with a similar example. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.

A large St Louis glass centrepiece bowl, 20th century, the circular top with a band of stylized vertical leaf cuts to the exterior above arched facets, raised on a waisted stem and star cut circular foot, acid etched mark to base and original applied paper label, diameter of bowl 39cm.

A pair of John Walsh Walsh blue flashed and cut glass vases, circa 1930, of flared form on circular bases, cut with stylized suns and hobnail panels, acid etched marks to bases, height 19cm, together with a small group of similar flashed and cut glass, comprising a blue flashed vase, height 30.5cm, a garniture of three pale amethyst flashed pieces in the form of a pair of vases, height 21.5cm, and a bowl, length 44cm (faults and repairs).

A part suite of Stuart Waterford Aura pattern glassware, designed by Jasper Conran, comprising nine flutes, height 26cm, nine wines, height 23cm, nine tumblers, height 10.5cm, seven shot glasses and a jug with plated stirrer, acid etched marks to bases.

Two double series opaque twist stem ale glasses, circa 1760, both rounded funnel bowls engraved with hops and barley, raised on conical feet, the first stem with a pair of four-ply spiral threads outside a lace twist, height 18cm, the second stem with a multi-ply spiral thread outside gauze, height 19.5cm. Provenance: both purchased from Brian Watson Antique Glass.

Two double series opaque twist stem ale glasses, circa 1760, both ogee bowls engraved with hops and barley on conical feet, the first plain stem with a pair of heavy spiral tapes outside spiral gauze, height 19cm, the second plain stem with a multi-ply spiral thread outside a pair of spiral cables, height 19cm. Provenance: both purchased from Brian Watson Antique Glass.

A double series opaque twist stem ale glass, circa 1760, the rounded funnel bowl with vertical wrythen moulded detail beneath engraved hops and barley, the plain stem with a pair of multi-ply spiral threads outside a pair of spiral cables, on a conical foot, height 20cm, together with a pair of engraved ale glasses with folded conical feet, 17cm high. Provenance: all purchased from Brian Watson Antique Glass.

A double series opaque twist stem ale glass, circa 1760, the rounded funnel bowl with vertical moulded flutes, above the plain stem with a multi-ply spiral outside a pair of cables, on a conical foot, height 19cm, together with two other double series opaque twist stem glasses, 18cm and 21cm high. Provenance: the two smaller glasses purchased from Brian Watson Antique Glass, the larger from Robin Quy Antiques.