24th Nov, 2015 10:00

Decorative Works of Art

 
Lot 53
 

53

A BOHEMIAN URANIUM GLASS SUGAR BOWL

A BOHEMIAN URANIUM GLASS SUGAR BOWL, MID 19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS FOR THE INDIAN MARKET of campana form, cut with a band of raised diamonds between a scalloped rim and foot 14cm high Provenance: William Henry Cotton (1838-1873), India merchant, who by family repute looted this bowl from the Prince of Oudh's palace at Delhi following the Indian Mutiny of 1857; thence by family descent.

Sold for £320


 
A BOHEMIAN URANIUM GLASS SUGAR BOWL, MID 19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS FOR THE INDIAN MARKET of campana form, cut with a band of raised diamonds between a scalloped rim and foot 14cm high Provenance: William Henry Cotton (1838-1873), India merchant, who by family repute looted this bowl from the Prince of Oudh's palace at Delhi following the Indian Mutiny of 1857; thence by family descent.