£65
Pair of Lalique frosted glass partridges, etched Lalique France marks (chipping), 17.5cm high maximum
Provenance: Hicks Beach Estate. The majority of pieces in this collection originate from Williamstrip, Coln St Aldwyn, family seat from 1788 to 2008 and thereafter Mill House, Coln St Aldwyn. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt, succeeded his father as 9th Baronet of Beverston in 1854. He became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1864 and served twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1895 to 1902. In 1906 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount St Aldwyn and in 1915 became the first Earl St Aldwyn.
The larger bird model is chipped and lacking the majority of its beak and with a flat chip across the top of its head, large chip to front of base (to one claw) and with further minor chipping to edge of base and tip of tail. The smaller bird with chipping to beak and with large chip to the underside of its tail. Small bruises to breast and further chipping to edge of footrim and base.
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