Note: One cut glass dish is a replacement. An aquatint illustrating the showrooms of John Blades was published by Rudolph Ackermann in 1823. A similar epergne features in this illustration. This epergne is the only known example by the Blades workshop to have come to light so far.
Date: circa 1815 Period: Regency Origin: English Medium: Glass Dimensions: 43 x 41 cm (16⁷/₈ x 16¹/₈ inches) Provenance: Private collection, Scotland. Literature: Rudolph Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 1 April 1823.
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