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A very rare Beilby enamelled opaque-twist 'Gothick' wine glass, circa 1765
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A very rare Beilby enamelled opaque-twist 'Gothick' wine glass, circa 1765
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Collection of Sir Hugh Dawson, sold at Christie's, 14 June 1983, lot 108
Anon., sale, sold at Sotheby's, 14 April 1992, lot 150
Literature:
L.M.Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.336, no.1,095
Lloyd (2000), p.77, pl.98(c)
Exhibited:
1978, Delomosne and Son Ltd., Gilding the Lily, no.76
This would appear to be the only known example of a Beilby wine glass in the Gothic style. The Gothic revival in the 1760s was promoted by Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797). An English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician Walpole is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the 'Gothick' style.
