GROUP OF FOUR GLASS SWEETMEAT GLASSES, THE EPERGNE POSSIBLY FRENCH, THE OTHERS ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Comprising a sweetmeat cup with annulated knob over teared inverted baluster stem with cover, one sweetmeat cup with scalloped rim over an opaque-twist inverted baluster stem, a sweetmeat cup over a twisted multi-sided pedestal stem, and a shell-molded epergne. Together with a Continental glass wine cooler, 18th century. 5 pieces.

The sweetmeat with cover: Katherine Prentis Murphy;
New Hampshire Historical Society;
Skinner, Boston, The Collection of Katharine Prentis Murphy, September 24, 1983, lot 178.
The wine cooler and epergne: W.M. Schwind, Jr., Yarmouth, Maine;
The scalloped rim sweetmeat: Paul J. DeCoste, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The twisted pedestal sweetmeat: Lindsay Grigsby, Richmond, Virginia.

All glasses with surface scratches but overall in good condition.
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