The generous ogee bowl inscribed 'SUCCESS to the TOWN and TRADE of LEITH' within a leaf scroll cartouche all in opaque white, below a later gilt-line rim, set on a double-series stem and conical foot, 19.2cm high

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Provenance
Drambuie Collection, Lyon & Turnbull sale, 27 January 2006, lot 80
Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams sale, 16 December 2009, Lot 63
Peter Lole Collection, Bonhams sale, 15 May 2019, lot 249
Niall Kenny Collection

Illustrated by Robin Nicholson, The Drambuie Collection (1995), p.89, pl.72. This goblet is believed to be unique but it is not known who commissioned it from the Newcastle-based Beilby family of glass enamellers. Maritime links between Leith and Newcastle were well established in the 18th century and it would have been a straightforward matter for a Leith-based merchant to commission the piece.

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