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Lot 81*

An engraved Beefsteak Club baluster firing glass, circa 1740

30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

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An engraved Beefsteak Club baluster firing glass, circa 1740

The thick-walled round funnel bowl decorated with a griddle above the motto BEEF AND LIBERTY on a ribbon, the reverse with fruiting vine, set on a large flattened knop and thick disc firing foot with matt base, 9.4cm high

Footnotes

Literature:
Lloyd (2000), p.47, pl.49(b)

A similar example from the Beefsteak Club was sold in these Rooms, 3 June 2009, lot 202. A further example bearing the emblem of the Club and of closer style to the present lot, is illustrated by L.M.Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.323, no.1,046. A further example may be found in a collection overseas.

The sublime Society of Beefsteaks was founded in about 1735 by John Rich, the famous harlequin and machinist of Covent Garden Theatre. At first it consisted of twenty-four members, but the number was afterwards increased. William Hogarth, John Wilkes and many other celebrated figures in public life were members of the Club.

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