A Wonderful Early 19thC Lace Makers Magnifying Flask or Flash Globe on Stand c.1800-40

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A Wonderful Early 19thC Lace Makers Magnifying Flask or Flash Globe on Stand c.1800-40Origin: English Period: George III Regency William IV Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 40 Height: 15 (Overall) Diameter: 5. 75 (The Globe) The thick hand blown glass lace makers flask or flash globe sitting in the original turned oak stand survives from the first half of the nineteenth century. The condition of the flask is very good with very few blemishes and it still holds liquid as intended. To the top end there is some small loss to the tip. The

The condition of the mirror is excellent

Knightsbridge London

this example is completely original and thus proves hugely suggestive of its former life

The bewigged barrister and man of the house

Two of the glazing bars are later replacements

Width: 5 cms

There are some losses to the extremities and corners though nothing that takes away majorly from the whole

Soon Ostend became known as "The Queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts" due to its popularity with both Belgian and English Royals

the whole of faded gentility

The matched pair of chestnut farmhouse benches of pegged construction having plank tops with oval shaped ends and trestle supports under survive from the zeniths of nineteenth century France

and given to Pope Innocent VIII from the treasury at Constantinople

Provenance: Formerly the Property of Hardman & Co/John Hardman Trading Co

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