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dram glass

Object NameMasonic Dram Glass

Maker Workshop of the Beilby Family

Made FromLead Glass, presumably

Dateabout 1765-1770

Place MadeEngland, Newcastle upon Tyne

TechniqueBlown, enameled

SizeOverall H: 7.8 cm; Rim Diam: 6.6 cm; Base Diam: 5 cm

Accession Number51.2.156

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby

Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)

East Side Winter Antiques Show

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead glass; blown and enameled. Waisted form with base nearly 1/2" (1.3 cm) thick; rough pontil mark; enameled decoration: opaque white honeysuckle and leaf circlet at top below rim; Masonic emblems in red and yellow on sides -- obverse, radiant sun within triangle formed by open compass and ruler, sprays of white leaves at left and right of compass; at right, key at end of tiny white-bead chain depending from leaf in circlet at top, spray of white leaves; at left, open compass at end of tiny white-bead chain depending from leaf; reverse, at end of similar chain, rule, square, trowel and hammer, spray of white leaves.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1951-04-11
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England

Former Collection Cecil Davis