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Lot 131

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765

1 December 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765

The tall drawn trumpet bowl painted in opaque white with fruiting vine, a fruiting sprig pendant from the gilded rim to the reverse, the tall double-series stem with two pair of spiral threads around a pair of heavy spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 18cm high

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Provenance
With Christopher Sheppard, 28 November 2006
Graham Vivian Collection

It is unusual to find a fruiting sprig on a Beilby glass enamelled with vine. A virtually identical glass was sold by Christie's on 23 May 1989, lot 219.

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