An exceptionally rare colour twist wine glass, circa 1765

An exceptionally rare colour twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl set on a stem comprising a thirteen-ply multi-coloured corkscrew evenly formed from pairs of translucent blue, pink and green threads alternating with opaque white, over a conical foot, 15.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMrs I K Webb Collection, Christie's, 23 May 1989, lot 133Private London CollectionThe remarkable stem of this glass is paralleled only by a glass from the Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 49. The stems share close similarities with a small group of glasses with similar multi-ply stems in yellow, blue and opaque white. See those from the collections of A C Hubbard Jr and of Julius and Ann Kaplan sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 212 and 15 November 2017, lot 51 respectively.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com