A BEILBY MASONIC OPAQUE-TWIST FIRING-GLASS, the ogee bowl inscribed <I>Antient Operative Lodge DUNDEE</I>., the short stem with a laminated corkscrew core entwined by two threads, on a terraced foot, circa 1770 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

London

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26 November 1991

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Lot 133

A BEILBY MASONIC OPAQUE-TWIST FIRING-GLASS, the ogee bowl inscribed Antient Operative Lodge DUNDEE., the short stem with a laminated corkscrew core entwined by two threads, on a terraced foot, circa 1770

Price realised

GBP 6,600

Estimate

GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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A BEILBY MASONIC OPAQUE-TWIST FIRING-GLASS, the ogee bowl inscribed Antient Operative Lodge DUNDEE., the short stem with a laminated corkscrew core entwined by two threads, on a terraced foot, circa 1770
9.5cm. high
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Literature and exhibited

Literature

E.M. Elville, Dictionary of Glass, pl. 114

Exhibited

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, loan no. 254
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