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A Beilby enamelled opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1765
30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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A Beilby enamelled opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1765
The round funnel bowl painted in opaque-white with a figure holding a staff and standing on a pedestal in a Chinese pavilion flanked by poplar trees, traces of gilding to the rim, set on a double-series opaque-twist stem and conical foot, 15cm high
Footnotes
Literature:
L.M.Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.337, no.1,100
Lloyd (2000), p.77, pl.98(b)
For the type, see James Rush, A Beilby Odyssey (1987), p.66, pl.25. A similarly decorated wine glass was sold at Christie's, 11 December 2000, lot 123 and another, from the Chris Crabtree Collection, was sold in these Rooms, 15 June 2011, lot 99.
