A very rare Beilby enamelled colour twist cordial glass, circa 1765-70

A very rare Beilby enamelled colour twist cordial glass, circa 1765-70 The small round funnel bowl with a solid base, painted in opaque white with a border of fruiting vine, on a tall stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads encircling a rich cobalt-blue undulating core, over a conical foot, 17.4cm high Footnotes: Provenance The Earl of Belmore, Castle Coole, Christie's, 7 October 1980, lot 206 With Asprey, 4 April 1981 Peter Meyer Collection, Bonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 64 Stephen Pohlmann Collection Exhibited Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (inv. no.TWCMS:F5576) This remarkable glass is one of three that survived together as a set at Castle Coole in Northern Ireland, sold by Christie's on 7 October 1980, lots 204-206. One of these is in the Durrington Collection, illustrated in Roger Dodsworth's catalogue (2006), p.39, no.34 and also by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.343, no.1120. A similar cordial glass with a flute-moulded bowl is in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.586-1961) and a second from this set is in Corning Museum of Glass (inv. no.50.2.9), illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.22, no.9a. A further example, also with a flute-moulded bowl, is in the Turnbull Bequest at Mompesson House, Wiltshire (inv. no.NT 723892). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com