A fine composite stem taperstick, circa 1765 The long and slender cylindrical nozzle set on a merese, above a double-series opaque twist stem containing an opaque white spiral gauze outside a tight spiral ribbon, set on a collar above a teared knop and wide angular knop terminating in two collars, over a high domed foot, 18cm high Footnotes: Provenance Robin Kern Collection A comparable taperstick is illustrated by Dwight P Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), pp.236-7, no.84. See also the example from the Henry Fox Collection sold by Bonhams on 2 June 2004, lot 48. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing