wine glass

Object NameWineglass

Maker Workshop of the Beilby Family

Made FromLead Glass, presumably

Dateabout 1765-1770

Place MadeEngland, Newcastle upon Tyne

Techniqueblown, enameled

SizeOverall H: 13.3 cm; Rim Diam: 5.1 cm; Foot Diam: 6.8 cm

Accession Number51.2.210

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby

Title Unknown (Rich's)

Title Unknown (Royal Ontario Museum)

Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)

National antiques exposition

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead glass, opaque white twists; 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 Horsey family in brick, yellow, brown, black and white.
Provenance

Former Collection Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)

Former Collection Cecil Davis
purchased through Cecil Davis, at Sotheby's, London, England

Former Collection Horsey Family