A GROUP OF CHINESE GREEN BEIJING GLASS ITEMS

20th Century

二十世紀 綠套料碗碟一組

Comprising six small bowls with rounded sides rising from short feet to everted rims, together with four dishes, all formed from green glass of seafoam-green tone,

10.8 - 21.2cm diameter

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Provenance: Clare de Pinna (1889-1986), Chiswick, London, by descent from her husband Arthur in 1947, thence by descent;

Previously in the collection of Arthur Abraham Clifford De Pinna (1889-1947), the son of David Saffeti De Pinna (1853-1908) whose probate effects were sworn at £810, 6s 9d. In the 1911 census Arthur is described as a “second hand furniture dealer”. ‘A.C. de Pinna Limited’, located at 20 Dover Street, Piccadilly, was no longer considered financially viable on the 6^th January 1914, and it went into voluntary liquidation on the 10^th June 1914. After serving in WWI on the 7^th of January 1919 Arthur relinquished his appointment and would again go into business however by 1931, he was facing bankruptcy charges filed by his creditors. The case was proved in March 1932 and the business went into receivership.