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THE BEILBY 'SUCCESS TO SEDBERGH' GOBLET
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THE BEILBY 'SUCCESS TO SEDBERGH' GOBLET

CIRCA 1770

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THE BEILBY 'SUCCESS TO SEDBERGH' GOBLET
CIRCA 1770
The ogee bowl enamelled in white with the inscription within a mirror-shaped cartouche, the reverse with an insect in flight, on a double-series opaque-twist stem and conical foot
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Sale in these Rooms, 23rd May 1989, lot 225.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Sedbergh, in Yorkshire, is a town that has prospered on the sale and manufacture of wool and woollen goods from medieval times. It is possible that the goblet was commissioned for a member of the Foster family, well-known in Sedbergh; a 19th century account relates that one Robert Foster was a friend of Thomas Bewick, who was apprentice to, and then partner of, Ralph Beilby.

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