No less than 15 lots of antique Irish glass by direct descent from the Penrose family, founders of the Waterford Glass House in 1783, come up at Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood in Exeter on January 22. Estimates range from £50 to £600 for a collection that includes drinking glasses, decanters, dshes, scent bottles, jugs and jars. Wednesday will be the second day of the Winter Fine Arts Auction at Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood, the first to be held in the newly extended south west of England saleroom complex in Exeter. Here is a small selection. The catalogue is online.
A Waterford mould blown bottle shaped decanter and stopper (£400-600). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £2,700 AT HAMMER.
A small group of Waterford Glass (£100-150). UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR £400 AT HAMMER
Five Waterford Glass custard cups and five similar (£100-150). UPDATE; THESE SOLD FOR 400 AT HAMMER
A Waterford Glass scent phial of shuttle form (£150-200). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £780 AT HAMMER
Two Waterford glass jars and one cover (£180-220) UPDATE: SOLD FOR £420 AT HAMMER
A Waterford Glass plate with notched rim (£50-80). UPDATE: SOLD FOR £90 AT HAMMER