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Lot 3032

Collection of Bohemian Colored and Cut Glass Stemware

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

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Collection of Bohemian Colored and Cut Glass Stemware, comprising: six blue wines, on clear facetted tapering stems, 8 1/8" H.; four blue white wines, and one red wine and pair of water glasses, with ridged prismatic stems (7 3/4" H. to 8 1/2" H., over all), five pale blue water glasses, 8" H., two blue champagne coupes, 6" H. Also, six amethyst cut glass wine stems, with ridged prismatic stems, and four ruby water glasses, on ridged prismatic stems, (8 1/2"and 8 5/8" respectively), four orange water stems with ridged prismatic bases, plus four orange wine glasses in to sizes, 7 3/4" H. to 8 5/8" H., one orange, one each orange, emerald, ruby champagne coupe, 6" H., plus six narrow waisted cocktail glasses: two amethyst, two orange, one yellow and one green, 8" H., lastly four cut glass brandy snifters on short stems, in yellow, orange, green or red, cut with hunting trophies of flowers, 7 5/8" H. Lastly, an orange liqueur glass on ridged prismatic stem, 5 5/58" H.  (Total count: 52 stems, total). Several with stickers for Bohemian manufacturers. Third quarter, 20th Century. 

One of the pale blue stems with 3/8" chip to rim. None of the glasses shows any signs of use, light surface wear and scratches, light dust. 

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Property from the Collection of Frances and Ronald Dutro. San Francisco. Ronald Dutro was born in Oakland and began his lifelong opera career as a teenager with the San Francisco Opera. Frances Thanash was born in Fresno, and was a highly regarded singer in her right. After Ronald Dutro won the American Opera Auditions in 1959, he made his European debut at La Scala, Milan, Italy. The Dutros ended up staying in Europe for twenty-five years, where Ron sang baritone roles. The last fifteen years of their Continental sojourn, the Dutros lived in Berlin, Germany. There, they entertained a large variety of singers, including David Bowie.

The Dutros returned to San Francisco in the 1980s, where they re-installed their notable Salon room, filled with Meissen and other Continental Porcelains, Art Nouveau and later cameo glass, and their large collection of artwork by German Artist Richard Muller. Ron Dutro died in in 2006, Frances died in 2020.

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