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Maker(s):

Unknown; glassmaker
Beilby family; enameller; British enamelists, 18th-19th cs.

Name(s):

cordial glass
drinking glasses; category

Date:

circa 1770

Description:

Lead glass painted in enamel. Moulded small straight-sided bowl enamelled with grapes and vine leaves on thick colour twist stem of white tape encircling rich blue spiral. On plain foot.

Production
Place(s):

England
England, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Production
Place (legacy):

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, enameller, place
England, enameller, country
England, glassmaker, country

Production
Note:

Enamelled by a member of the Beilby family, probably William Beilby or perhaps Mary Beilby

Technique(s):

moulding; bowl
painting; decoration; in enamels

Material(s):

lead-glass; whole
enamel; decoration

Dimension(s):

height, whole, 17.0, cm
diameter, whole, 7.4, cm

Acquisition:

bequeathed; 1961; Beves, Donald H.

Exhibition(s):

Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum. 1978 - 1978
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)
Catalogue number: 245

The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778. 1980-09-05 - 1980-10-31
Organiser: Laing Art Gallery
Venue: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Catalogue number: 4

Documentation:

The Fitzwilliam Museum. 1977. Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. p. 99
Publ. p. 99, no. 245

Rush, James. 1973. The Ingenious Beilbys.London?: Barrie & Jenkinsp. pp. 64-5
Publ. pp. 64-5, pl .36 a

, Laing Art Gallery1980. The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778.Newcastle: p. p. 4
Publ. p. 7, no. 4

Poole, Julia E.. Bequests from Two Cambridge Collectors, The Reverend Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards MA (1866-1933) and Donald H. Beves MA (1896-1961).
Source Title: Glass Collectors and their Collections in Museums in Great Britain(1999)
p. pp. 49-55
Ref. Donald H. Beves MA (1896-1961), pp. 49-55

Cottle, Simon. William Beilby and the Art of Glass.London?: Glass Circle
Source Title: The Glass Circle Journal 9 (2001) : 31-40
p. pp. 30-40
Ref. pp. 30-40

Accession:

Object Number: C.586-1961
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 25902; input: 2001-04-02; modified: 2012-12-06)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/25902