goblet

Object NameGoblet

Maker Workshop of the Beilby Family

Made FromLead Glass, presumably

Dateabout 1765-1770

Place MadeEngland, Newcastle upon Tyne

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 19.25 cm; Rim Diam: 8.5 cm; Foot Diam: 8.75 cm

Accession Number51.2.205

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Striking Innovation in British Glass

Title Unknown (Rich's)

The Story of English Glass

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead glass, opaque white twists; blown and engraved. Bucket bowl, applied rod-like stem with opaque-white spirals -- wide-meshed gauze twist at center within pair of thread spirals --, applied high sloping circular foot with rough pontil mark; below rim of bowl, vintage circlet: alternate bunch of grapes in buff enamel and grape leaves and tendrils in white; traces of gilding on rim.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1951-04-23
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England

Former Collection Cecil Davis

Former Collection Harvey Hadden
Kaye Coll.?