Sunday, 2 May 2010

Firing glass - 1768



This Beilby polychrome enamelled Masonic tumbler with firing foot dates from 1768. It's being sold at Sotheby's and is expected to make £8,000.

The catalogue description reads: "The waisted cylindrical form with solid base, inscribed PT 1768 in opaque-white, painted on the reverse with various Masonic emblems in yellow and red, below a foliate garland in white enamel to the rim."

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