Description & Technical information
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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