A Beilby enamelled opaque-twist firing glass, circa 1765
49*
A Beilby enamelled opaque-twist firing glass, circa 1765
The round funnel bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque-white, above a band of moulded flutes, set on a short double-series opaque twist stem with four spiral threads encircling a gauze, on a solid terraced firing foot, 9.8cm high
Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: The A.C.Hubbard Jr. Collection. Sold at Christie's, 2 June 1987, lot 213 and at Sotheby's, 18 December 1997, lot 82. Illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine lover's Glasses (2000), p.76, pl.95(b) and p.77

Category: Decorative Arts / Glass

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