A Group of Three English Glass Ale Stems

Circa 1770

Height of tallest 7 1/4 inches.

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Each bearing a museum accession number and in overall good and stable condition. The etched glass example having a minute fleabite to the edge of the foot. One of the other examples with a small round spot of brown-colored debris near the rim and with very light and minor surface scratches from shelfwear to the underside of the foot.

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A Group of Three English Glass Ale Stems

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