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A small Beilby wine glass, c.1770, the round funnel bowl moulded to the base with vertical flutes, enamelled in white with a continuous band of fruiting grapevine, raised on a short multiseries opaque twist stem above a conical foot, 13cm.

Birmingham. Beilby, Knott & Beilby (publishers), To the Right Honourable William Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount Lewisham &c. &c. the Zealous Promoter of the interests of the Town and Liberal Patron of its Public Institutions, This Map of Birmingham engraved from a minute Trigonometrical survey, made in the years 1824 & 1825, is with permission dedicated..., J. Pigott Smith, Surveyor and Engineer, Birmingham, March 25th 1828, uncoloured large engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset plan of the town of Birmingham in the year 1731, large calligraphic cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, slight staining and offsetting, edged in green silk which is frayed with some loss, short splits along old folds, 1380 x 1290 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, case worn and frayedQTY: (1)NOTE:An uncommon large scale map of Birmingham.

A folio album of private bound 18th & 19th Century sheet music and others the volume including: Wine cannot cure; Thomas Beilby, The Dying Negro … formed for promoting an abolition of the slave trade, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Dibdin (Charles) Poor Jack, London: Preston & Son, n.d., circa 1790; Dibdin (Charles), Poor Tom …, London: The Author; Jackson (William), When first this humble Roof I knew, London: Preston & Son; Paisello, Whither my love ah! Whither art thou gone, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Storace (S.) My native land I bade adieu, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; James (Charles) Melissa, London: Dale; Beilby (Thomas), The Dying Negro… formed for promoting an abolition of the slave trade, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Manuscript score for Prince of Bale’s Minnet; Dibdin (Charles), The Tar for all Weathers, London: The Author; Dibdin (Charles), The Lucky Escape, London: The Author; Joshua, Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre, London: J. Bland; Arnold & Pinto, If ‘tis Joy to wound a Lover; Les Adieux de L’infortune Louis XVI a son people, London: Dale’s; Shield, W., The Heaving of the Lead, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; I know that my Redeemer Liveth, London: J. Dale; Storace (Stephen), The Lullaby, London: J. Dale; ; Dibdin (Charles), The Soldier’s Adieu, London: The Author; He was Despised, Messiah, London: G. Goulding; Kilvington (T.) His Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester’s March, London: The Author, 1795; Gionovichi, Rondeau; O Dear what can the Matter be, London: Preston & Son; Corri, (D.) My Ain kind Deabie: A Scotch Air, London: C. & Co.; Storace (Stephen) A Plighted Faith, London: Dale’s; Jackson of Exeter, Love in Thine Eyes, London: Bland & Weller; Percy & Antoinette (Marie), The Captive, London: The Author; The Favorite Duett of Jess MacPharlane as sung at the Dillettanti Concerts by Mr Dignum and Mr Hindle; Hook, My Heart is devoted dear Mary to thee … sung by Mr Darley at Vauxhall Gardens, London: Bland; Arnold (Dr.), Oh Happy Tawny Moor, London: Preston & Son; Hook, Sweet Kate the Irish Maid sung by Mr Page at Vauxhall, London: Preston & Son; Carnaby (W.), Song on Peace, London: Sold by Rt Birchall; Haigh (T.), The favorite Air When the Hollow Drum, London: Preston & Son; Dibdin (Charles), The Siege of Troy, London: Preston; Hook, The Wedding Day: A Favourite song sung by Mrs Kennedy at Vauxhall Gardens, London: S. A. & P. Thompson; Pleyel, Tho’ pity I cannot deny: A favorite Song sung by Mrs Crouch in the Haunted Tower, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Rimbault (S. F.) The Cottage in the Dell, London: F. Linley; pages 9-12 of A compleat delineation of the Royal procession to St. Paul’s on the 19 of December 1797; Here’s a health to those far away, London: R.t Birchall; Giordani, Queen Mary’s Lamentation sung by Sig. Tenducci at the Pantheon & Mr Abel’s Concert & c, London: J. Preston; Latour, New German Waltz, London: J. Bland; Storace (Stephen), Across the Downs this morning sung by Sig. Storace in No song, no Supper, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Gray (J. B.), Oh! Balmy Sleep, London: Tho.s Cahusac; Knyvett, In the Dead of the Night, London: R.t Birchall; Hook, You shall be my Love … sung by Mr Darley at Vauxhall, London: Preston & Son; Sestini, The Gipsy Song; Hook, Henry & Maria or the Soldier’s Farewell, London: Preston; with further manuscript pages including composition by Mrs Siddons, How hard’s the Fate of Womankind, The Confession; Aldiborontiphoscophornio; Last May a braw Wooer; Drops of Brandy; Mozart Air; Tweedside; The Birks of Endermay; The Spectre Song; Lord of all Powers; Pleyel, It may be Love; Callicott, Epitaph; Go to the Devil and shake yourself; Whither a mile of Edinburgh; several blank musical score sheets within marbled paper boards and leather spine; together with Dussek (I.L.) A compleat delineation of the Royal procession to St. Paul’s on the 19 of December 1797, the music for the Piano Forte by I. Dussek to which is added the form of the Church Service with part of the Vocal Music sung at that celebration, London: Printed for Corri. Dussek & Co., [1798], frontispiece by T. King, folio; Introduction, The Acclamation of the People, Coronation Anthem by Handel, , (pages 9-12 bound in the larger volume), The Litany, Sanctus by Robt Hudson, The Communion Service, The Creed, A Voluntary for the Organ by Handel, God Save the King; a volume 19th century privately collated paper bound sheet music including P. Henrion, Polka, D. Magnus, Royal Schottische, Theodore Oesten, Das Alpenhorn, German Melodies, Golden Pearls, Fleurs Italiennes, G.A. Osborne Roy McGregor, Henry F. Hemy, The Sledge Bell Galop, Oscar Comettant, La Sympathie, Adrien Talexy Aurelia, Alphonse Leduc, L’Ecrin Musical, Fantasies; Away with Melancholy: A Favorite Air or Duet composed by M. Mozart, London: Bland & Wellers Music Warehouse, 23 Oxford Street, n.d. [1793-1818], folio, loose sheet music, 2 leaves, 3pp.Well used and thumbed condition, binding poor, some annotations and insciptions

Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds (Land & Water Birds), 2 volumes, 1st edition, Newcastle: Printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804, title to volume 1 with price at foot '10s. 6d. in boards', numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, 'A Supplement to the History of British Birds' and publisher's advertisements bound at the rear of volume 1, 'Addenda to the History of British Birds' bound at the rear of volume 2, together with A General History of Quadrupeds, 4th edition, Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1800, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, errata to verso of p. 525, some spotting throughout, ownership signature to front blanks, front endpaper to 'Quadrupeds' near detached, all edges gilt, later uniform brown morocco with gilt decorated spines by George Rutland of Newcastle-on-Tyne, some wear to joints, slight wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Roscoe 14d & 17d and 3b.

Birmingham.- Commercial map.- Smith (J. Pigott) To the Right Honourable William Earl of Dartmouth... This Map of Birmingham, engraved from a minute trigonometrical survey made in the years 1824 & 1825, large folding map of Birmingham, engraving, 1380 x 1290mm., inset plan of the town of Birmingham in the year 1731 by W.R. Gardner, dissected and linen-backed, some offsetting and foxing, some mostly light browning, housed in a contemporary calf pull-top slip-case in the form of a book, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, Beilby Knott & Beilby, 1828. *** Scarce large scale map of Birmingham, which shows locations of Birmingham businesses, including Boulton's Soho Ironworks, the New Steam Mill Co., and the Union Rolling Mills. Some locations 'refused access' during Smith's survey, and are marked as such. 

A Barr armorial coffee can and saucer, c.1800, finely decorated with the arms of Paul Beilby Thompson impaling another (possibly Griffin) within a wide border of palmettes and swags in red and gilt, incised B marks, and a Flight, Barr and Barr coffee can painted with a greyhound crest, 13.1cm max. (3)Provenance: the Charles Dawson Collection.

Dialogues concerning Natural Religion London [no publisher], 1779. Second edition, 8vo, half-title, 264pp., original boards, uncut, binding worn, spine split, boards a bit scraped and stained;Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Complete in one volume. Edinburgh: P. Brown & T. & W. Nelson, 1826. 8vo, Prize inscription on title verso, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine;Bewick, Thomas. A History of British Birds. Newcastle: for T. Bewick, 1809. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, numerous wood engravings, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, rubbed;Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle upon Tyne: for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, numerous wood engravings, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, corners rubbed;Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: J. Murray, 1857. First edition, 8vo, folding engraved frontispiece, plates, 1 folding map, lacking folding map of Dr Livingstone's Route, original brown cloth, rubbed, plate at p.332 torn without loss;Yeats, W.B. Poems. London: T. Usher Unwin, 1908. 8vo, original pictorial blue cloth gilt designed by Althea Gyles, uncut;Doughty, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, plates, original brown buckram, 'Eric Malcolm Fraser Collection' stamp to titles and endpapers;Ramsay, Allan. The Gentle Shepherd. Edinburgh: A. Mackay, 1807. 12mo, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, ownership inscriptions on front endpaper, rubbed(9)

A George III brass two-draw library telescope by Proctor & Beilby, 31" long overall on Georgian brass folding tripod

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a continuous band of fruiting vine below the rim, the double-series stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads around a central lace twist, over a conical foot, 15.3cm highFootnotes:A very similar glass from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 118.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a landscape featuring classical ruins, including three classical columns supporting a pediment, flanked by trees and shrubs, the rim with faint traces of gilding, the double-series stem with a pair of heavy spiral tapes encircled by two multi-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 17 December 2008, lot 243This glass is from a series of Beilby glasses enamelled with classical ruins. A wine glass with particularly similar decoration in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.400-1961) is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.124, no.71b. See also the example from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 99.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a grassy sward filled with fruit, including a bunch of grapes and a large pear, a small bird perched on round fruit to the right, on a double-series stem containing a twelve-ply spiral band around an undulating gauze column, over a conical foot, 15cm highFootnotes:A glass with related decoration is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1103 and was sold by Christie's on 14 June 1983, lot 94. Another from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 97. For a facet-stem glass with similar decoration in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.67-1942) see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.56, no.31.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A good Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl finely painted below the rim in opaque white with three diaper lattice panels within elaborate scrollwork borders, raised on a double-series stem with two pairs of three-ply spiral bands around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 14.7cm highFootnotes:A goblet enamelled with virtually identical diaper panels is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, no.1123 and was sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 27. The decoration relates closely to the diaper panels on a on an armorial punchbowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.43-1942) which is signed by Beilby and dated 1765. Compare also to the wine glass painted with related diaper panels illustrated by Bickerton (1986), p.346, no.1130, which was sold by Bonhams on 19 December 2009, lot 70 and the ale flute from the James Hall Collection sold by Bonhams on 17 December 2008, lot 132.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, The Figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. 8vo Newcastle upon Tyne (By & for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby... and C. Dilly, London) 1790. First Edn., vignette title, numerous wd. cut illus., some damp stains,& finger marks, later hf. green mor. mor. label. V. Scarce. (1)

A George III brass two-draw library telescope by Proctor & Beilby, 31" long overall on Georgian brass folding tripod

Tattersfield (Nigel), Thomas Bewick, The Complete Illustrative Work, British Library, 2011, three volumes, original cloth; with ten others on Thomas, John and Robert Bewick, William Davidson and Ralph Beilby (13)

A very rare Beilby enamelled colour twist cordial glass, circa 1765The small round funnel bowl with a solid base, painted in opaque white with a continuous 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, 17.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Earl of Belmore, Castle Coole, Christie's, 7 October 1980, lot 204Sotheby's, 2 July 1985, lot 623Durrington CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.343, no.1120Roger Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.34ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.40This remarkable glass is one of three that survived together as a set at Castle Coole in Northern Ireland, which was sold by Christie's on 7 October 1980, lots 204-206. One of these was recently sold by Bonhams as part of the Stephen Pohlmann Collection on 30 November 2022, lot 41. 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).Saleroom notices:Please note that the provenance for this lot is The Earl of Belmore, Castle Coole, Christie's, 7 October 1980, lot 205 and not as stated in the catalogue or the 2006 publication of The Durrington Collection.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

The Tilly of Haarlem Goblet: an important Beilby enamelled and engraved armorial light baluster goblet, circa 1765The round funnel bowl finely decorated in polychrome with the coat of arms of the Tilly family of Haarlem, a yellow dove perched on an olive branch with a white stem and green leaves, within an ouroboros, the yellow serpent picked out in iron-red shown biting its tail, within an elaborate rococo scroll cartouche painted in shades of pale purple, inscribed 'Tilly.' in opaque white beneath, the reverse engraved with a medallion containing seven arrows emblematic of the Seven United Provinces, within the inscription 'VREEDE EN EENDRAGHT' (Peace and Unity), surmounted by a dove in white enamel, traces of gilding to the rim, on a stem with triple-annulated knop above a beaded inverted baluster and small basal knop, over a conical foot, 17cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 1 July 1949, lot 16With Delomosne and SonSotheby's, 24 November 1986, lot 78With Asprey, 1987Durrington CollectionLiteratureRoger Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.29Stephen Pohlmann, 'The Tilly Glasses', Glass Circle News, No.139 (November 2015), p.5, fig.1ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.38Once known as 'Newcastle' light balusters, glasses of this distinctive form are now known to have been manufactured in Holland as well as England, see Catherine Ross, 'Flint glass houses on the Rivers Tyne and Wear during the eighteenth century', The Glass Circle Journal, No.5 (1986), pp.75-85. It is likely that the Beilbys imported undecorated light baluster glasses from Holland, as most surviving examples of this shape with Beilby decoration have identical stems and several have Dutch connections.Fifteen Beilby decorated light baluster wine glasses or goblets, many of similar shape, are recorded including the present lot. Eleven of these bear armorials or crests, while four are painted with vine in opaque white enamel. The latter includes one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.c.625/1936), one in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inv. no.1005203), one in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.513-1961) and one from the Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 102.Of the crested and armorial examples, eight have direct Dutch connections. They include the magnificent Prince William V goblet from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 142, a smaller wine glass also bearing the arms of Prince William V sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 116, two wine glasses with the arms of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina accollé, including one from the Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 33 and one in Museum Rotterdam (inv. no.17) and a goblet in the World of Glass Museum in St. Helens bearing the arms of the Van Dongen family of Amsterdam. Three further glasses bear the arms and crest of the Tilly family of Haarlem, including the present lot.In 2010 a second 'Tilly' glass, with a damaged foot, was discovered in the collection of Rudy van Dobben in Halfweg, Netherlands, which had directly descended through the Tilly family. See Kiki Alpherts and Marius van Dam, Tussen Kunst en Kitsch: 101 ontdekkingen (2015), p.133, no.66. This was sold as part of the Stephen Pohlmann Collection by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 40 and differs slightly from the present lot in that the reverse is enamelled with the crest of a white dove in flight above a helmet in yellow and red. Whilst it has been suggested that the engraving on the Durrington glass existed before the enamelling took place, it is plausible that the engraved medallion was later added over the original enamelled crest. A third 'Tilly' glass, in a private collection, is unpublished.The 'Tilly' set was almost certainly commissioned by Claas de Koning Tilly (1727-1814), who by 1764 owned a firm in Haarlem founded by his grandfather in 1696, which specialised in the production of a panacea known as Dutch drops (Haarlemmerolie). The firm was subsequently renamed C de Koning Tilly and was latterly owned by Rudy van Dobben until 2019, a direct descendent of this branch of the Tilly family. Interestingly, two engraved light baluster wine glasses bearing the initials 'CDKT' for Claas de Koning Tilly are discussed in detail by J R ter Molen, 'Twee gedecoreerde wijnglazen uit 1765 en 1769 met de initialen van C. de Koning Tilly', Antiek, Vol.8 (March 1982), pp.461-70, indicating that Claas was clearly commissioning other glasses at this time. The first is decorated with the arms of Haarlem, dated 1765 and inscribed ''T WELVAAREN VAN DE DIACONY' (The prosperity of the Diaconate). It is thought to commemorate the election of Claas as a deacon by the Grand Church Council on 18 March that year, a position which he held until 1769. The other is dated 1769 and decorated with a view of the Hofje van Bakenes in Haarlem, almost certainly commemorating his appointment as regent of the Bakenesser Chamber on 2 October that year, a position which he retained until 1780. It seems likely that the Beilby decorated set may also have been commissioned to celebrate one of these occasions.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

An exceptional Beilby enamelled tumbler, dated 1768Of plain tapering shape with a solid base, painted in opaque white with a landscape vignette depicting a sportsman standing with his legs astride, wearing a smart frock coat and wide-brimmed hat, aiming his gun at a flock of three birds startled by his dog, a tree and shrub behind him, the reverse inscribed 'Success. to,/ R. Brown;/ 1768' in script, 9.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 25 March 1991, lot 81With Asprey, 1991Durrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.32ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.44Wildfowling scenes such as this were a popular theme on Beilby enamelled glasses and a number of examples with closely related decoration are recorded, each showing a single figure shooting game birds in flight. This includes a clear glass flask inscribed 'Thomas Brown, Nenthead, 1769' in the Ashmolean Museum (inv. no.WA1957.24.2.181), which is illustrated by James Rush, A Beilby Odyssey (1987), p.69, pl.29. Compare also to the earlier South Staffordshire polychrome enamelled opaque white flask depicting a similar scene, possibly by William Beilby working for John Haseldine, sold by Bonhams as part of the Kaplan Collection on 15 November 2017, lot 39.A celebrated set of Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glasses, of which at least three are so far recorded, is decorated with similar wildfowling scenes. An example now in the Laing Art Gallery (inv. no.F6317) was sold by Sotheby's on 1 November 1982, lot 38 and is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.332, no.1079. Another was in the Hamilton Clements Collection, illustrated by Francis Buckley, A History of Old English Glass (1925), pl.XXXV and sold by Sotheby's on 15 May 1930, then again as part of the Henry Brown Collection on 14 November 1947, lot 255. A third from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 139. Other glasses with related wildfowling scenes include that illustrated by Martine Newby, Eighteenth Century English Glass from the Collection of Julius and Ann Kaplan (1998), p.12, fig.3, which was sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 25. See also the example from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.72, pl.89 and that from the Sir Hugh Dawson Collection illustrated by both Bickerton (1986), p.332, no.1080 and R J Charleston, English Glass (1984), pl.41f.The identity of 'R Brown' is uncertain and there are a number of individuals to which the name could refer, including Richard Brown, agent for William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, who was involved in managing game birds on the duke's estate in Northumberland.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

A very rare Beilby enamelled armorial wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl finely painted in polychrome with a yellow rococo scrollwork cartouche heightened in iron-red, enclosing the coat of arms of Thomas impaling Clayton in black, white and gilt, flanked by foliate sprigs, the reverse with fruiting vine in white enamel pendent from the rim, set on a double-series opaque twist stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads around a multi-ply corkscrew, over a conical foot, 15.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 16 October 1990, lot 162With Asprey, 1990Durrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.33ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.37The coat of arms is for the Right Reverend John Thomas (1712-1793), who was Bishop of Rochester from 1774. Born in Carlisle, he was the eldest son of John Thomas, vicar of Brampton, Cumberland. He had a remarkable and distinguished career in the church, beginning on 27 March 1737 when he was ordained a deacon before receiving priest's orders on 25 September that year. On 27 January 1738 he was instituted rector of Bletchingley in Surrey, a living in the gift of Sir William Clayton whose daughter Anne he would go on to marry. Thomas was appointed chaplain in ordinary to King George II on 18 January 1749, a post which he retained under King George III. On 23 April 1754 he was made a prebendary of Westminster and in 1762 was appointed sub-almoner to the Archbishop of York. He was instituted to the vicarage of St Bride's, Fleet Street, London on 7 January 1766 and became Dean of Westminster and of the Order of the Bath in 1768. He was consecrated Bishop of Rochester on 13 November 1774.Thomas was married twice and the arms on the present glass represent his first marriage to Anne, daughter of Sir William Clayton and widow of Sir Charles Blackwell, on 19 August 1742. Anne died on 7 July 1772 and he remarried on 12 January 1776, this time to Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Baldwin and widow of Sir Joseph Yates. It is likely that the set was commissioned prior to Anne's death in 1772, perhaps to celebrate Thomas' new position of Dean of Westminster and of the Order of the Bath in 1768. Five glasses from this set are recorded, including the present lot. One from the Chris Crabtree Collection was sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 62 and three more were discovered in the Portsmouth area in 2011 before being sold at auction in Chichester later that year. One of those three was subsequently sold by Bonhams as part of the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection on 30 November 2022, lot 144. For a set of four Beilby enamelled armorial wine glasses bearing the arms of the Surtees family, see that sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lots 9-12.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

The George III Goblet: a highly important enamelled Royal armorial goblet by William Beilby, circa 1762-63The generous bucket bowl elaborately painted in polychrome with the Royal Arms of King George III of Great Britain, the border inscribed with the motto of the Order of the Garter, surmounted by the imperial crown upon the Royal helm beneath a crowned lion statant guardant, all within an elaborate rococo scrollwork cartouche, flanked by lion and unicorn supporters, a rose to one side and a thistle to the other, a banner below inscribed with the motto 'DIEU. ET. MON. DROIT.' (God and My Right), the reverse with the Prince of Wales' feathers issuing from a coronet, flanked by rococo scrollwork, the rim gilded and solid gilt grounds to the first and fourth quarters of the arms to the interior of the goblet, raised on a double-series opaque twist stem containing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a multi-ply corkscrew, over a conical foot, 21.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceKenneth Alexander CollectionWith Asprey, 1985Durrington CollectionLiteratureDerek Davis and Keith Middlemas, Coloured Glass (1968), p.57L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.327, no.1062-3Peter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.28ExhibitedAsprey, '100 British Glasses', 1985, catalogue p.5, front and back cover illustrationsCorning Museum of Glass, New York, 1985Pollock House, Glasgow Museums, 1998Broadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.8This exceptional goblet is among the most celebrated pieces of glass ever produced in Britain. It belongs to a significant group of stately armorial goblets all decorated by William Beilby (1743-1819) with the Royal arms of King George III. Their beauty and elegance places them amongst the finest examples of enamelled glass ever produced and they are considered the most outstanding products of the Beilby family workshop in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Their exquisite brushwork and the astonishing balance in tone of the full colour range employed was emphasised by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.99.It is unclear how many of these Royal glasses were originally produced, but they are thought to have been commissioned to commemorate the birth of The Prince of Wales (the future King George IV) on 12 August 1762. Including the present lot, just ten goblets all with bucket bowls and a decanter bearing these arms are recorded, no two of which are identical either in form or decoration. They are listed by Simon Cottle, 'Fragile Diplomacy: the Significance of the Beilby Royal Armorial Goblets', Glass Circle News, Vol.37, No.2 (2014), pp.24. Most were produced between the birth of the Prince of Wales in August 1762 and the death of William's father in March 1765. Four of these goblets are signed, including two with William Beilby's full signature, leaving little doubt as to the identity of the decorator of the unsigned examples. Arguably the most famous of these is the so-called Whitehaven Goblet, sold by Christies on 4 June 1985, lot 143 and now in the Beacon Museum in Whitehaven (inv. no.WHHMG.1994.157), illustrated by James Rush, A Beilby Odyssey (1987), pp.84-5, front cover and pl.F.C.2, by Simon Cottle, 'William Beilby and the Art of Glass', The Glass Circle Journal, No.9 (2001), pp.28-9, by Dwight P Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), p.42, fig.21, by Simon Cottle, 'Family Connections: The Formative Years of Beilby Enameled Glass, 1760-1765', Journal of Glass Studies, Vol.57 (2015), p.193, fig.12, and also by Cottle (2014), p.22. It commemorates a slave ship, The King George, launched in 1763 and is the only piece which does not bear the Prince of Wales' feathers on the reverse. It is instead enamelled with an interpretation of the ship inscribed 'Success to the African trade of WHITE-HAVEN.', above the signature 'Beilby junr. invt. & Pinxt.'.A celebrated goblet in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.570-1961) is signed 'W Beilby Junr NCastle invt. & pinxt.', illustrated in the catalogue (1978), p.96, no.237 and by Rush (1973), p.2, figs.1 and 2. Another in Philadelphia Museum of Art (inv. no.1938-23-19), signed 'Beilby NCastle invt. & pinxt.', is illustrated by Rush (1973), pp.96-7, figs.52-3, by Cottle (2014), p.24 and Cottle (2015), p.192, fig.11. A fourth, signed 'W Beilby junr. invt. & pinxt.', is in the Diageo Collection (formerly the Cinzano Collection), illustrated by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Glass Collection della Diageo a Santa Vittoria d'Alba (2005), no.172 and also by Cottle (2015), p.194, fig.14.Together with the present lot, the seven unsigned examples include one in the National Gallery of Victoria (inv. no.D38-1983) and a damaged example at Arniston House in Midlothian, Scotland, both illustrated by Cottle (2014), pp.23-4 and Cottle (2015), pp.192-3, figs.10 and 13. The damaged bowl of a goblet in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.787-1936), with the stem and foot removed to form a beaker, is illustrated by W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.CXXIV and Cottle (2015), p.191, fig.9. A further goblet together with a decanter are in Toledo Museum of Art (inv. nos.1954.16 and 1963.16), the former illustrated by Jutta-Annette Page, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art (2006), pp.122-3, fig.50A. The whereabouts of the goblet formerly in the Sir Hugh Dawson Collection, which was last exhibited by Delomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily (1978), p.21, no.63, remains unknown.The origin of these goblets and the decanter has been the subject of much speculation for nearly a century, but the majority have very little in the way of provenance. It has been suggested that some may have been intended as diplomatic gifts perhaps commissioned by either Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693-1768), first duke of Newcastle, or Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-1782), second marquis of Rockingham, see Cottle (2015), pp.193-4. Whatever the reasons behind their production, they undoubtedly served as an important means of promotion for the Beilby family, significantly growing their enterprise over the following years through a number of other significant commissions. Among these was the celebrated Prince William V Goblet, sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 142.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

The 'Buckmaster' Goblet: a highly important Beilby enamelled armorial goblet, circa 1765Probably by William Beilby, the generous bucket bowl painted in polychrome with an elaborate coat of arms in red, blue and white, the blazon per pale gules and azure, a lion rampant between seven fleurs-de-lis argent, within a rococo scroll cartouche in shades of puce, embellished with floral swags in white and leafy fronds in shades of green, the reverse with a pendant spray of fruiting vine in white, the rim gilt, raised on a double-series opaque twist stem enclosing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a central tubular column, over a conical foot, 18.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceC Kirkby Mason CollectionSotheby's, 21 March 1947, lot 122Sotheby's, 24 November 1986, lot 66Sotheby's, 18 December 1997, lot 78With Namara Fine Art, 1997Durrington CollectionLiteratureJoseph Bles, Rare English Glasses of the 17th and 18th Centuries (1924), pp.180-1, pl.61G Bernard Hughes, English Glass for the Collector 1660-1860 (1958), pl.14The Glass Association, 'Exhibitions and Fairs', The Glass Cone, No.43 (Autumn 1997), p.12 and front coverSimon Cottle, 'William Beilby and the Art of Glass', The Glass Circle Journal, No.9 (2001), p.32Peter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.31ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.36In the catalogue of the Durrington Collection, Simon Cottle notes that this remarkable goblet is perhaps one of the most exceptional examples of what might be William Beilby's early work, see Dodsworth (2006), p.36. The coat of arms is unrecorded in all standard indexes and are therefore unlikely to have been officially granted by any authority. They are therefore likely to be assumed or falsely represented, meaning that the individual or family to which they relate cannot be positively identified. The absence of a crest, supporters or motto further hinders identification. It has been previously suggested that they may have been the arms of Buckmaster of Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Devon, but these are recorded in Burkes General Armory as argent, a lion rampant between seven fleurs-de-lis sable. Whilst they bear some resemblance to the arms on the present lot, the differences are marked and so the historic association of this goblet with the Buckmaster family would appear to be erroneous.The pair to this goblet is in the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery in Bedford, illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.104, pl.57 and A Beilby Odyssey (1987), p.75, pl.40, and also by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.329, no.1069. When sold by Sotheby's in 1997, this goblet set a record auction price for a Beilby enamelled glass.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

A very rare Beilby enamelled Masonic armorial firing tumbler, circa 1765The waisted cylindrical form with solid 'firing' base, painted in polychrome with the Freemasons' Arms within a rococo scrollwork cartouche with pendant white foliage beneath, coloured Masonic insignia in red and yellow suspended from foliate scrollwork above, the reverse with further Masonic devices painted in colours among delicate white foliage, the rim with very faint traces of gilding, 8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDurrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.30ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.39Including the present lot, at least ten tumblers of this type have so far been recorded, perhaps from more than one original set considering that the squares on the reverses of some of these are painted with measurements whereas others are not. Four of these are in museums, including two in the Museum of Freemasonry at Freemasons Hall, London (inv. nos.M2010/887 and M2010/888), one from the Garton Collection in the Museum of London (inv. no.34.139/72), and one from the Peter Lazarus Collection in Bristol Museum and Art gallery (inv. no.Na801). A further two were sold by Bonhams since the Durrington Collection example was acquired. These include an example from the James Hall Collection sold on 17 December 2008, lot 129 and an example from the Kaplan Collection sold on 15 November 2017, lot 29; the latter is illustrated by Martine Newby, Eighteenth Century English Glass from the Collection of Julius and Ann Kaplan (1998), fig.18.A widely published example from the Hamilton Clements Collection, which has a distinctive small chip to the rim, is illustrated by W A Thorpe in English and Irish Glass (1927), col. pl.III and A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.CXXIII, and again by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.329, no.1070. The Hamilton Clements glass was sold by Sotheby's on 15 May 1930, lot 92 and later exhibited by Delomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily (1978), no.65, where it is listed with erroneous Henry Brown Collection provenance. A further two tumblers, one from the Henry Brown Collection and the other from the Macbean Collection, were sold by Sotheby's on 22 June 1964, lots 164 and 165 and again on 16 May 1966, lots 182 and 181. The Macbean example is currently in the Diageo Collection (formerly the Cinzano Collection), illustrated by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Glass Collection della Diageo a Santa Vittoria d'Alba (2005), no.174.Careful comparison of the illustrations of the aforementioned nine glasses indicates subtle discrepancies in the painting which set them all apart from each other as well as the present lot. The arms have sometimes been attributed to the Lodge of Journeymen and Masons, No.8, Edinburgh but were also used by the Premier Grand Lodge in London. An example from the Captain T L Wall Collection sold by Sotheby's on 27 July 1928, lot 104 (not illustrated), is listed as having been acquired from an Edinburgh Lodge, probably The Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel), No.1, which raises the possibility that at least some of these glasses were made for a Scottish lodge.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

The Providence: an exceptionally rare Beilby enamelled colour twist wine glass, dated 1767The round funnel bowl painted in polychrome with a three-masted ship in opaque white, the flags and banners picked out in pale red, inscribed 'the Providence' above, the reverse inscribed 'JO:N ELLIOT 1767', the unusual stem with an opaque-white corkscrew edged in iron-red and translucent cobalt-blue, alternating with opaque canary-yellow and translucent jade-green spiral threads, over a conical foot, 15.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 2 July 1985, lot 692With Maureen ThompsonDurrington CollectionLiteratureRoger Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.35ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.41This remarkable glass is one of only two recorded. The other, formerly in the Hamilton Clements Collection, was sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Jr Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 135 and is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.93-4, pls.130-1 and dustjacket. They are exceptional not only because the combination of red, yellow, blue and green twists in the stem is highly unusual, the yellow thread being particularly rare, but also because they also represent the only enamelled colour twist wine glasses known. A set of Beilby enamelled cordial glasses would seem to be the only other colour twist drinking glasses decorated by the Beilby workshop, see Lot 46 in this sale.These ship glasses are traditionally referred to as 'Privateer' glasses, but as the portholes on the ship are closed it may have instead been a trading vessel. Two other Beilby enamelled objects painted with ships are known, including The Margaret and Winneford Punchbowl in the Laing Art Gallery, see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973, pp.130-1, figs.74-6. The other is the so-called Whitehaven Goblet bearing the Royal arms of George III, see the footnote to Lot 45 in this sale.It has not yet been possible to confidently trace the ship or captain commemorated on this glass as there are several ships by this name. In a letter to Philip Stephens dated 30 September 1763, Admiral Rodney refers to an armed brig called Providence which had been newly hired into His Majesty's service and placed under the command of Mr Low, see David Syrett, The Rodney Papers, Vol.2 (2007), pp.19-20. In 1766 Lloyd's List records a ship called Providence, captained by Elliot, which arrived into Portsmouth from Georgia on 30 May and departed for Rotterdam on 20 June which is perhaps that mentioned on this glass. A sloop of 50 tons by the name of Providence was built at Berwick upon Tweed in 1767, owned by the master mariner Robert Kirkwood of Sunderland, and operated as a Dublin coaster, but it is unclear who commanded it.Interestingly, there are two engraved glasses with bucket bowls in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, commemorating both the same captain and ship. One is a plain-stemmed goblet inscribed 'SUCCESS TO THE PROVIDENCE AND JON ELLIOT.' (inv. no.GGG0200) and the other an opaque twist wine glass inscribed 'Success to the Providence & JON ELLIOTT' (inv. no.GGG0196); the latter would appear to be that from the Sir Hugh Dawson Collection sold by Sotheby's on 21 October 1960, lot 40 and illustrated and discussed by E B Haynes, 'A Naval Array: Part II', Apollo (May 1940), p.125, fig.10. That all of these glasses are different suggests that they may have been commissioned at different times and that both the ship and captain were of some importance. There is some discrepancy in the spelling of the name on these glasses, either as Elliott or Elliot, and it is tempting to attribute them to Admiral John Elliot (1732-1808), the highly distinguished Scottish officer of the Royal Navy. However, Elliot seems only to have commanded various Plymouth guardships between 1763 and 1771 and none by the name of Providence. Haynes suggests that 1767 may instead be a later commemorative date.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

A mid-18th century Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass c.1765, the ogee bowl enamelled in white with a band of fruiting vines, on a double-series opaque twist stem with two spiral threads outside a central multi-ply corkscrew, on a conical foot with pontil, 14.7cm. high. * Provenance: Bellmans Auctioneers, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, 18-23 June 2016, Lot 1111 *In good condition with no faults. No wear or losses to the enamel.

Bewick (T), History of British Birds: The Figures engraved by T. Bewick, Newcastle, Printed by Sol. Hodgson for Beilby & Bewick, 1797 & 1804, 2 Volumes, 8vo, Green Cloth CONDITION REPORT: Some extensive condition issues, especially to the spines and boards, which are coming almost completely loose. Consistent spotting and staining to the endpapers and page edges, with rubbing and discolouration to the boards. Some general internal foxing. Would benefit from being rebound.

An unusual Beilby wine glass, c.1770, the drawn trumpet enamelled in white with a spray of fruiting grapevine, the reverse with a small plum sprig, raised on a multi-series opaque twist stem above a conical foot, the rim with traces of gilding, 18cm.Provenance: a private London collection.It is more usual for glass of this type to be decorated with a continuous band of fruiting vine; the fruit sprig is an unusual addition.

A large Beilby glass or goblet, c.1770, painted in white enamel with a growing grapevine, delicate flowers painted around the roots, raised on a multi-series opaque twist stem over a conical foot, the foot trimmed, 17.7cm.Provenance: a private London collection.

William Beilby (flourished 1778 to 1780), the mill at Wandsworth, signed and dated 1780, 10cm x 15cm, framedSlight paper discolouration

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white, faint traces of gilding to the rim, set on a double-series stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 14.6cm highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white, faint traces of gilding to the rim, set on a double-series stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of heavy opaque white spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 14.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Arthur ChurchillFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 18th Century drinking glass circa 1765, the ogee bowl enamel decorated by William Beilby, with a floral swagged garland to the upper rim above an opaque twist stem with central gauze, raised to a conical foot, height 14cm.

An 18th Century drinking glass circa 1765, the round funnel bowl enamel decorated by William Beilby with floral gardens, above a double series opaque twist stem with sixteen spiral threads outside a central corkscrew, raised to a conical foot, height 16cm.

AN ENAMELLED OPAQUE-TWIST WINE GLASS OF BEILBY FAMILY TYPECIRCA 1765The ogee bowl decorated with a white enamel band of fruiting vine, on a double-series stem and conical foot, 14.5cm highThe Beilby's were a successful business family from the North East centred around William Beilby (1743-1819). A scholar from Durham School, his father sent him to Birmingham to be apprenticed to John Haseldine an enameller of metal boxes. His brother Richard was also apprenticed in Birmingham as a seal engraver. When their father's business as a silversmith and jeweller failed they returned North and the whole family decamped to Gateshead. William had already been experimenting with enamels on glass and Tyneside would have provided a ready supply of local glass and imported Low Countries glass. Other members of the family were tutored in decorating glass and a thriving business was established.See Glass Circle News, Vol.34 No. 3 Issue 27 Nov. 2011, for an article on Beilby enamelled glass, p.8 for an illustration of five drawn trumpet opaque twist glasses with this fruiting vine pattern. From a private Gloucestershire Collection. Thought to have been purchased from Halls Auctioneers Shewsbury. Condition Report: No serious damage or restoration noted. Potential purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves as to whether or not the rims/foot rims have been polished or not.Foot = 6cm diam.bowl rim = 5.2cm diam.  Condition Report Disclaimer

A BEILBY FAMILY WHITE-ENAMELLED OPAQUE-TWIST GOBLET CIRCA 1765The tapered bucket bowl decorated with a band of fruiting vine, supported on a double-series stem and conical foot, 18cm highProvenance: Ex Crabtree Collection, Bonhams 12th Nov. 2014.The Beilby's were a successful business family from the North East centred around William Beilby (1743-1819). A scholar from Durham School, his father sent him to Birmingham to be apprenticed to John Haseldine an enameller of metal boxes. His brother Richard was also apprenticed in Birmingham as a seal engraver. When their father's business as a silversmith and jeweller failed they returned North and the whole family decamped to Gateshead. William had already been experimenting with enamels on glass and Tyneside would have provided a ready supply of local glass and imported Low Countries glass. Other members of the family were tutored in decorating glass and a thriving business was established.See Glass Circle News, Vol.34 No. 3 Issue 27 Nov. 2011, for an article on Beilby enamelled glass, p.8 for an illustration of five drawn trumpet opaque twist glasses with this fruiting vine pattern. From a private Gloucestershire Collection.Condition Report: About four repaired foot rim chips (clear acrylic repairs). Images are available from the Dept. upon request.Foot diam. = 9.2cmBowl diam. = 8.2cmCondition Report Disclaimer

Death: A Poetical Essay by Beilby Poeteus, MA. Fellow of Christ's College, The Second Edition, Cambridge, 1759, disbound, 20 pages

William Beilby of Battersea - Alnwick, the Seat of Early Percy, 18th century watercolour with ink and monochrome wash on laid paper, 26cm x 36cm, within a Hogarth style frame. Provenance: the property of Donald Church.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Private press and others, including works designed by Iain Bain with inserted correspondence. NELSON (Jack) Broad Campden, Chipping Campden, 1971-75; SHEPARD (L) John Pitts Ballad Printer, 1969; PURDUE (A W) Squires, Scholars and Soldiers, The Carr-Ellisons 1830-2000; TATTERSFIELD (N) Bookplates by Beilby and Bewick, 1999; Memoir of Thomas Bewick, 1975; Bewick to Dovaston Letters 1824-1828, publ. 1968; POMEROY (Jane R) Alexander Anderson's New York City Diary 1793 to 1799, 2 vols., Oak Knoll Press 2014, 4to, slip case; etc, with some booklets (24)

A small Beilby wine glass, c.1760, the round funnel bowl enamelled in white with a continuous band of fruiting grapevine, over a multi-series opaque twist stem, the foot possibly replaced, 14cm.

An enamelled ale glass, c.1760, possibly from the Beilby workshop, the slender ogee bowl decorated in thin white enamel with four crossed stems of barley, raised on a double series airtwist stem on a conical foot, 20cm.

A Beilby wine glass, c.1770, the drawn trumpet bowl finely decorated in white enamel with trailing bands of fruiting grapevine, raised on an opaque twist stem with a thick gauze core, over a conical foot, a chip to the foot, 17.3cm.

BEWICK, Thomas. History of British Birds. Newcastle: by Sol Hodgson, for Beilby and Bewick, 1797-1804. 2 vols., first editions. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, advertisement for the fourth edition of 'A General History of Quadrupeds' verso last leaf volume 1. (Toning, occasional faint spotting.) [Bound with:] 'A Supplement to the History of British Birds'. Parts 1 and 2. Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1821. (Toning.) 8vo (234 x 143mm.) Late 19th century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, t.e.g. (sunning to spines, endpapers replaced, rubbing and scuffing to extremities). Note: the vignette of the pigsty on p.285 is partially inked out (2).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

Books. 3 shelves of theology, all ex-library stock and sold with faults, including Porteus (Beilby, editor) & Stinton (George, editor), The Works of Thomas Secker, LL.D., Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, six-volume set, third edition, Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1775, institutional calf over cloth, rubbed with worn losses, 8vo, Cranmer's Works/Jenkyns (The Rev. Henry, editor), The Remains of Thomas Cranmer, D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, four-volume set, first edition thus, Oxford: at the University Press, 1833, vol. I portrait frontispiece, original publisher's papered boards, worn with losses, 8vo, some local interest and provincial imprints, non-conformity, pamphlets, biographies, some prayer books and devotionals, etc All ex-lib and sold with all faults.

A Beilby enamelled wine glass, c.1765, the ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white, on a double series opaque twist stem, shallow conical foot, 14cm high, rim reduced***CONDITION REPORT***The rim has been reduced and polished, possible repolishing to the edge of the foot, otherwise in good condition with no chips or cracks detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds, second edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Hodgson, Beilby & Bewick, 1791, octavo, pp. [x], 483, illustrated with numerous wood-engravings, internally very good & bright, a couple of pages with repaired margins, handsomely rebound in half-calf with marbled boards and crushed morocco title label lettered in gilt. Together with A History of British Birds, in two volumes, Newcastle: Cook for Bewick, 1832, contents good with pale spotting, heavier in places, title & opening leaves of first volume damaged & repaired, rebound in half-calf, sold with all faults (3)

A set of four George II silver salts with shell decoration, raised on four shell feet, each with armorial to the side (two bearing marks for Willliam Beilby and Jonathan Bainbridge, Newcastle, circa 1738-41), 18 oz CONDITION REPORTS There are areas of pitting. In need of a good clean. There is evidence of cleaning fluid. The masks to the feet have been pushed in at several points and are coming through the main body of the pieces. Both unmarked salts have holes within the body near the rims. Otherwise all have general wear and tear conducive with age and use to include surface scratching, knocks, bumps, etc. See images for further detail.

A Boer War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel The Honourable R. T. Lawley, 7th Hussars, who commanded his regiment in South Africa and was later 4th Baron Wenlock The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: Hon: R. T. Lawley, 7/Husrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: Col: Hon R. T. Lawley, C.B., 7/Hrs:); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (4) £2,600-£3,000 --- Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, was born on 21 August 1856, second son of Beilby Richard, 2nd Baron Wenlock of Escrick Park, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was brother of Sir Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of Madras (1891-96), whom he succeeded in 1912 as the 4th Baron Wenlock. He was educated at Eton (1870-74) in the Rev. William Wayte’s House where, although not academically gifted, he was a successful cox. He entered the army in 1875, serving throughout with the 7th Hussars, retiring as Colonel of the Regiment in 1904. He served throughout the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 with the Light Camel Regiment, in which the 7th Hussars detachment comprised three officers and 44 other ranks, and took part in the operations of the Desert Column including the engagement at Abu Klea Wells, 16 and 17 February 1885. After service in Egypt, Lawley served in the Boer War, sailing for the Cape on board the S.S. Templemore, and commanded the 7th Hussars in South Africa from 20 December 1901 to 22 January 1902, after which he commanded a column composed of the Queen’s Bays, 7th Hussars, two guns and a pom-pom from 39th R.F.A., formed at Winburg and operating towards Senekal from 23 January to 31 May 1902, to clear the country in that district of cattle and provisions. He was present during operations in the Transvaal from March to 31 May 1902; Orange River Colony from January to March, and May 1902; Cape Colony from December 1901 to January 1902. He was mentioned in despatches London Gazette 17 June 1902, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath ‘in recognition of services during operations in South Africa’, London Gazette 26 June 1902. Following a posting at Aldershot, he retired on 2 November 1904. He was married in 1909 to Rhoda Edith, a daughter of Canon Knox-Little. He succeeded his brother as 4th Baron Wenlock in 1912, and died at Hestercombe, Devon, on 25 July 1918. Sold with full research including various copied photographs together with medal roll and gazette entries saved to CD.

William Beilby (British 1740-1819): Figures by Castle, watercolour unsigned, labelled verso 10cm x 18cm

An exceptional blue colour twist sweetmeat or champagne glass, circa 1765The lipped ogee bowl in deep cobalt-blue glass, moulded with fourteen evenly spaced vertical ribs, resting on a double collar, the stem in clear glass, containing a rich blue central undulating core within a pair of opaque white spiral threads, set into a triple collar over a high domed folded foot also in cobalt-blue glass and moulded with twelve radiating ribs, 20cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Christopher Sheppard, 17 August 2005Graham Vivian CollectionStephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureStephen Pohlmann, 'An Eclectic Collector', Glass Matters, no.14 (June 2022), p.23, fig.8An almost identical glass, now broken, is illustrated and discussed by Arthur Churchill Ltd, Glass Notes, no.15 (December 1955), p.5, fig.3, where it is stated that it was discovered in Ireland. The same glass is illustrated by Christopher Sheppard and John Smith, Glass from the Restoration to the Regency (1990), p.51, fig.76. The only other similar example extant was sold by Bonhams on 30 May 2012, lot 52.These extremely rare glasses relate closely to a set of three opaque twist wine glasses with bowls and feet also in cobalt-blue glass. One of these is illustrated by Martine Newby, Eighteenth Century English Glass from the Collection of Julius and Ann Kaplan (1998), no.19 and was sold as part of the Kaplan Collection on 15 November 2017, lot 43. Another from the Beves Collection is in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.572.1961), listed in the catalogue (1978), p.94, no.227b. Another was sold by Sotheby's on 18 December 2002, lot 109 and is now in the Durrington Collection, illustrated by Roger Dodsworth in his catalogue (2006), p.48, no.44. These in turn relate to a set of similar glasses with bowls and feet in emerald-green glass, of which one was sold by Bonhams as part of the Kaplan Collection on 15 November 2017, lot 44.Only two other colour twist sweetmeat glasses would appear to be recorded, both with cobalt-blue threads but neither with coloured bowls nor feet. One from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.60-1, pl.80 and was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 192. The other is illustrated by Joseph Bles, Rare English Glasses of the 17th and 18th Centuries (1924), frontispiece, no.1 and is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.209-1925). The stem of the present lot bears remarkable similarities to the stems on a set of Beilby enamelled colour twist cordial glasses which may be of related manufacture, see the example in this sale, lot 41.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

A rare Beilby enamelled Masonic tumbler, circa 1768Of attractive small size, the waisted cylindrical form with a solid firing base, finely painted with Masonic emblems in red and yellow overlapping sprays of white grasses, a continuous undulating band of flowering foliage in white below the rim, 8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDr Maurice McLain CollectionWith Delomosne and Son, Summer Exhibition 2017Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThis glass is from a celebrated set of Masonic firing tumblers, of which a handful bear the inscription 'PT 1768', see the footnote to lot 36 in this sale. At least ten firing tumblers in this small size are recorded, three of which are inscribed and dated 'PT 1768'.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

A Masonic engraved firing tumbler, circa 1770Of waisted form with a flared rim and solid 'firing' foot, decorated on both sides with various Masonic emblems overlapping sprays of grasses, the rim with a continuous undulating floral border, 7.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDr Maurice McLain CollectionWith Delomosne and Son, Summer Exhibition 2017Stephen Pohlmann CollectionThe engraved decoration matches that on a celebrated set of enamelled Masonic firing tumblers of similar size and form decorated in the Beilby workshop, some of which are dated 1768, see lots 34 and 36 in this sale. Curiously, the ruler bears wheel-engraved Roman numerals I-III, with 4-7 scratched as Arabic numerals in diamond-point.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

A very rare Beilby enamelled Masonic firing tumbler, dated 1768Of attractive small size, the waisted cylindrical form with a solid firing base, inscribed 'PT 1768' in opaque white to one side, the other painted with Masonic emblems in red and yellow overlapping sprays of white grasses, the sides with further emblems including a key and pair of compasses, a continuous undulating band of flowering foliage in white below the rim, 8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 7 July 2005, lot 787 (part)Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 19 May 2010, lot 48Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureStephen Pohlmann, 'Masonic Beilbys', Glass Circle News, no.127 (November 2011), pp.12-13, figs.1-3, 5 and coverThis glass is from a celebrated set of Masonic firing tumblers, of which a handful are inscribed and dated 'PT 1768'. As both the inscribed and uninscribed examples have survived together, they would all appear to belong to the same original set. Including the present lot, four of these were discovered at a car boot fair in Brighton in 2005, two of which were inscribed 'PT 1768'. They were sold by Christie's on 7 July 2005, lot 78 and subsequently as single lots by Bonhams on 16 December 2009, lot 59, 19 May 2010, lots 43 and 48 (present lot), and 15 June 2011, lot 100.Two further uninscribed examples are in Corning Museum of Glass (inv. nos.51.2.156 and 79.2.66), one of which is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.113, no.65. Another from the Peter Lazarus Collection and latterly the Terence Woodfield Collection was exhibited at the Laing Art Gallery, The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby (1980), no.69. A further pair, of which one was inscribed 'PT 1768', was discovered in a provincial auction in Kent in January 2019. Another from the Pohlmann Collection constitutes lot 34 in the sale.At least ten firing tumblers in this small size are therefore recorded, of which just three bear the inscription 'PT 1768' including the present lot. To this can be added a tumbler of much larger size in the British Museum (inv. no.1946,0707.1), also inscribed and dated 'PT 1768', illustrated and discussed alongside the present lot by Pohlmann (2011), pp.12-13, figs.3 and 5. See also the tumbler from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 120 which is perhaps also related. Whilst the identity of 'PT' remains unknown, it seems likely that the Lodge or individual for whom they were commissioned was based in the southeast of England considering that four were discovered in East Sussex and two in Kent.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

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The bell bowl painted in white with a border of fruiting vine, the rim with traces of gilding, on a double-series stem with a pair of spiral tapes encircled by a sixteen-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 16.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Alan Milford, 3 December 1977Stephen Pohlmann CollectionA very similar glass was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 122. See also lot 38 in this sale.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

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The bell bowl painted in white with a border of fruiting vine, the rim edged in gold, on a double-series stem with a pair of spiral tapes encircled by a sixteen-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 16.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceStephen Pohlmann CollectionThe gold rim is unusually well preserved on this glass. A very similar example was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 122. See also lot 37 in this sale.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

A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a landscape vignette featuring a bulbous urn set on a fluted classical column or pedestal, a gnarled tree to the left and a row of three poplar trees to the right, all amongst shrubs, on a double-series stem with two pairs of spiral threads around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 14.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Asprey, 3 July 1997Graham Vivian CollectionStephen Pohlmann CollectionA glass with an urn of similar form set on top of a pedestal is in Corning Museum of Glass (inv. no.50.2.70). For an urn of different form set on a similar columnar pedestal, see the example from the Thompson-Schwab Collection in this sale, lot 132.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

A very rare Beilby enamelled armorial light baluster 'Tilly' wine glass, circa 1765-69The round funnel bowl finely decorated in polychrome with the coat of arms of the Tilly family of Haarlem, a yellow dove perched on an olive branch with a white stem and green leaves, within an ouroboros, the yellow serpent picked out in iron-red shown biting its tail, within an elaborate rococo scroll cartouche painted in shades of pale purple, inscribed 'Tilly.' in opaque white beneath, the reverse with the crest of a white dove in flight above a helmet in yellow and red, traces of gilding to the rim, on a stem with triple-annulated knop above a beaded inverted baluster and small teared basal knop, over a conical foot, 17cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Tilly family of Haarlem, NetherlandsThence by family descent to Rudy van Dobben, Halfweg, NetherlandsWith Frides Laméris, 1 June 2012Stephen Pohlmann CollectionLiteratureStephen Pohlmann, 'The Tilly Glasses', Glass Circle News, no.139 (November 2015), p.5, fig.2Kiki Alpherts and Marius van Dam, Tussen Kunst en Kitsch: 101 ontdekkingen (2015), p.133, no.66Stephen Pohlmann, 'An Eclectic Collector', Glass Matters, no.14 (June 2022), p.23, figs.6a-bExhibited30 Jaar Tussen Kunst en Kitsch in 101 Ontdekkingen, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands, 19 April - 22 July 2015, no.66Once known as 'Newcastle' balusters, glasses of this distinctive form are now known to have been manufactured in Holland as well as England. It is possible that the Beilbys imported undecorated light-baluster glasses from Holland, as most surviving examples of this shape with Beilby decoration have identical stems. The Beilbys will have been aware that the best glass engravers working in Holland, such as Jacob Sang, favoured the light-baluster shape for their most prestigious commissions.Fifteen Beilby decorated light baluster wine glasses or goblets, many of similar shape, are recorded including the present lot. Eleven of these bear armorials or crests, while four are painted with vine in opaque white enamel. The latter include one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.c.625/1936), one in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inv. no.1005203), one in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.513-1961) and one from the Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 102.Of the crested and armorial examples, eight have direct Dutch connections. They include the magnificent Prince William V goblet from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 142, a smaller wine glass also bearing the arms of Prince William V sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 116, two wine glasses with the arms of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina accollé, including one from the Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 33 and one in Museum Rotterdam (inv. no.17) and a goblet in the World of Glass Museum in St. Helens bearing the arms of the Van Dongen family of Amsterdam. Three further glasses bear the arms and crest of the Tilly family of Haarlem, including the present lot. A 'Tilly' glass in the Durrington Collection is illustrated by Peter Dodsworth in his catalogue (2006), p.35, no.29 and was thought to be the only example in existence at the time of publication. It differs slightly from the present lot in that in place of the helmet on the reverse there is a wheel-engraved medallion containing seven arrows emblematic of the Seven United Provinces, within the inscription 'VREEDE EN EENDRAGHT' (Peace and Unity). Whilst it has been suggested that the engraving on the Durrington glass existed before the enamelling took place, it seems far more plausible that the decoration originally matched that on the present lot, with the helmet being later removed and replaced by the engraved medallion. The third 'Tilly' glass, in a private collection, is unpublished.The 'Tilly' set was almost certainly commissioned by Claas de Koning Tilly (1727-1814), who by 1764 owned a firm in Haarlem founded by his grandfather in 1696, which specialised in the production of a panacea known as Dutch drops (Haarlemmerolie). The firm was subsequently renamed C de Koning Tilly and was latterly owned by Rudy van Dobben until 2019, a direct descendent of this branch of the Tilly family. Interestingly, two engraved light baluster wine glasses bearing the initials 'CDKT' for Claas de Koning Tilly are discussed in detail by J R ter Molen, 'Twee gedecoreerde wijnglazen uit 1765 en 1769 met de initialen van C. de Koning Tilly', Antiek, Vol.8 (March 1982), pp.461-70, indicating that Claas was clearly commissioning other glasses at this time. The first is decorated with the arms of Haarlem, dated 1765 and inscribed ''T WELVAAREN VAN DE DIACONY' (The prosperity of the Diaconate). It is thought to commemorate the election of Claas as a deacon by the Grand Church Council on 18 March that year, a position which he held until 1769. The other is dated 1769 and decorated with a view of the Hofje van Bakenes in Haarlem, almost certainly commemorating his appointment as regent of the Bakenesser Chamber on 2 October that year, a position which he retained until 1780. It seems likely that the Beilby decorated set may also have been commissioned to celebrate one of these occasions.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

A very rare Beilby enamelled colour twist cordial glass, circa 1765-70The 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 highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Earl of Belmore, Castle Coole, Christie's, 7 October 1980, lot 206With Asprey, 4 April 1981Peter Meyer Collection, Bonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 64Stephen Pohlmann CollectionExhibitedLaing 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

A Dutch engraved armorial light baluster goblet, circa 1750The engraving later, the generous round funnel bowl naively decorated in diamond-point with the coat of arms of the Tilly family of Haarlem, a dove perched on an olive branch within an ouroboros, the serpent shown biting its tail, crested by a dove in flight above a helmet, within a scrollwork cartouche, on a stem with a triple-annulated knop above an inverted baluster, over a domed foot, 19cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Frides LamérisStephen Pohlmann CollectionFor a Beilby enamelled light baluster wine glass also decorated with the arms of Tilly, see lot 40 in this sale.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

A George III Christ's College, Cambridge Beilby Porteus Medal, 1808, by J. Phillip, the edge engraved JOHANNES COLLETT REYNOLDS. AD.MDCCCXLL., high grade gold (tests as 22ct), 49mm, weight 82.8g, cased.. * * Beilby Porteus (1731-1808), Archbishop of Canterbury, Chaplain to George III and a Fellow of Christ's College.. *

A fine Beilby enamelled tumbler, circa 1765-70Of plain tapering shape with a solid base, painted in opaque white with a long-tailed 'fancy bird', perhaps a peacock or pheasant, perched on a gnarled tree, a smaller bird in the distance, the reverse with a large butterfly in flight above a foliate sprig, the rim with faint traces of gilding, 10cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGeorge F Berney Collection, Christie's, 30 June 1936, lot 105Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureG Bernard Hughes, English, Scottish and Irish Table Glass (1956), pl.131A very similar tumbler in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C/G.130-1933) is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.39, no.21b and A Beilby Odyssey (1987), p.79, no.44b. Two related tumblers both painted an exotic bird perched on a balustrade include one exhibited by Delomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily (1978), p.43, no.69 and another illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.339, no.1105. Compare also to the example sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 105.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine and rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a pyramid in a bosky landscape, the double-series stem with two pairs of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceHamilton Clements CollectionDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureFrancis Buckley, Old English Glass (1925), pl.XXXVA slightly larger glass painted with a very similar pyramid is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.335, no.1092 and was sold by Bonhams in Part 1 of this collection on 21 June 2022, lot 107. For a glass decorated with a different style of pyramid, see lot 145 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com