goblet
Object NameGoblet
Maker
Workshop of the Beilby Family
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1760-1770
Place MadeEngland, Newcastle upon Tyne
TechniqueBlown, enameled
SizeOverall H: 18.75 cm; Rim Diam: 8.25 cm; Foot Diam: 8.6 cm
Accession Number51.2.152
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
National antiques exposition
The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby
Title Unknown (Royal Ontario Museum)
Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)
Title Unknown (Rich's)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless and opaque white, presumably lead glass; blown and enameled. Deep ogee-bowl, lower sides tapering sharply to tiny base of approximately the same diameter as the heavy applied tall rod-like stem with opaque-white spirals -- gauze twist core within pair of wide tapes --, applied sloping circular foot; enameled decoration: on obverse, large rococo monogram of foliated script letters, "S M H", in yellow picked out in brown; on reverse, crest of Horsley family in brick, yellow, brown, black and white.Provenance
Former Collection
Horsey Family
Former Collection
Cecil Davis
purchased through Cecil Davis, at Sotheby's, London
purchased through Cecil Davis, at Sotheby's, London
Former Collection
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903)
Corning Inc.
25 BCE-99 CE
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