The 143 lots of predominantly German drinking glasses netted £804,500 with 83 per cent sold by lot.
Pictured right is the most expensive piece, a 141/2in (37cm) high Silesian covered goblet of c.1700 by Friedrich Winter, relief cut with acanthus, scrolls and a monogram for Grafen Johann Anton von Schaffgotsch, which was secured by a German private buyer for £98,000 (plus premium).
Silesian covered goblet fetches £98,000
UK: AN international mix of private collectors, dealers and institutions turned out to bid for an old and celebrated collection of European glass formed by the late Dr. Otto Dettmers of Bremen when it went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London last week on November 23.
