A Beilby enamelled opaque-twist firing glass, circa 1765
The ogee bowl painted with a fruiting vine tree, the reverse with a butterfly, all in opaque-white, set on a double-series stem and solid terraced foot, 9.9cm high
Sold for
£6,960
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Literature:
Bickerton (1971), fig.779
James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.93, pl.51a
Bickerton (1986), fig.1,113
Exhibited:
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1980, 'The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778', cat.no.8
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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