A mammoth heavy baluster goblet, circa 1700-10

The generous round funnel bowl with solid base, over a wide inverted baluster and basal knop containing an elongated tear, over a wide folded conical foot, 35.4cm high

Provenance
John Maunsell Bacon Collection, Sotheby's sale, 20 June 1945, lot 125
Harvey Hadden Collection, Sotheby's sale, 9 July 1946, lot 126

Literature
Fergus Graham, 'The Glass Collection of John M Bacon, Esq., Part 1', Apollo, December 1936, p.338, fig.3A
W A Thorpe, Antique Collector, May 1934, fig.3

A very similar but smaller mammoth goblet from the Thomas Collection was sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 7 and was exhibited in The Glass Circle Diamond Jubilee Exhibition 1937-1997, catalogue p.42, no.23. Another smaller example is in the Durrington Collection, illustrated in Roger Dodsworth's catalogue (2006), p.10, no.4, previously sold by Christie's on 7 June 1988, lot 214. See also that in the British Museum (inv. no.1949,0401.1).