A rare set of three Apsley Pellatt cut glass sulphide decanters and stoppers, circa 1820-30
No reserve
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
each of square section, cut with alternating pillars and vertical bands of strawberry diamonds, each set with a pair of sulphide portraits, comprising: King George III and King George IV; the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon I; and Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and Admiral Lord Richard Howe, the scalloped stoppers each set with double-sided sulphide medallions, the first with a stag being attacked by hounds and the bust of a man, the second with HMS Victory and a basket of flowers, and the third with Neptune and Bacchus, lined in coloured enamels
(6)
Height 27.8 cm; 10 ⅞ in.
Collection of John Pierpont Morgan, New York (according to Bonham’s saleroom notice);
Sold Bonhams, London, 12 November 2014, lot 165.
Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) was a London-based glassmaker who took out a patent for 'Crystallo-Ceramie' on 17 June 1819. The patented technique involved enclosing various ornaments, often portrait medallions and cameos, made of pottery and sometimes metal, within clear or colour-tinted glass. The term ‘sulphide’ refers to the moulded reliefs of the present type which were made of china clay and potash, a mix able to bear the high temperatures encountered when being enclosed within the molten glass.
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