Armorial Goblet

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Object Name: 
Armorial Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Accession Number: 
50.2.8 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.7 cm; Rim Diam: 11.3 cm; Foot Diam: 11.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1765
Web Description: 
This goblet is enameled on one side with the coat of arms of Henry, 10th Earl of of Pembroke and Montgomery, as well as the French motto “ung je serveray” (one I will serve). The other side shows the earl’s crest below the signature “Beilby Invt & pinxt.”

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01
Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Former Collection
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
opaque white glass
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
applied
gilding
Material: 
lead glass
enamel
gold
Inscription: 
Beilby (Beilby Inv t & pinx t)
Signature

Description

Primary Description: 
Armorial Goblet. Colorless lead glass; blown, applied, enameled, gilded. Large bucket bowl supported by applied, straight stem with opaque white spirals -- pair of narrow, within wide ribbed tape -- applied wide foot with rough pontil mark, thick and nearly flat. English rococo, colored enameled decoration by William and/or Mary Beilby: on obverse, Coat of Arms of Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery with motto "UNG JE SERVERAY"; on reverse, his crest below signature "Beilby Inv t & pinx t"; traces of gilt on rims of bowls.

Exhibitions (3)

Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-02 through 1991-04-14
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples. The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
 
The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby
Venue(s)
Laing Art Gallery 1980-09-05 through 1980-10-31

Publications (27)

In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, p. 19 (fig. 7);
Family Connections: The Formative Years of Beilby Enameled Glass, 1760-1765 (2015) illustrated, p. 187; BIB# 705329
Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, pp. 84-85; BIB# 130360
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 85; BIB# 68214
Uncovering treasures in the Empire State (1999) p. 131, fig. 4; BIB# AI43699
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993) p. 17, #26; BIB# 35681
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 42, #64; BIB# 58995
L'Histoire du Verre: A Travers Les Tresors du Musee de Corning (1990) illustrated, pp. 62-63;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 158-159, pl. 71; BIB# 33819
Conservation of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 47, fig. 2.3; BIB# 24726
Vetri, gionelti, smalti, tabacchiere (1981) illustrated, p. 51; BIB# 30910
The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby, 1761-1778 (1980) illustrated, p. 14-15 (#70); BIB# 22578
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 158-159, pl. 71; BIB# 20953
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 59, #55; BIB# 21161
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) pp. 68-69, #85; BIB# 28793
The Ingenious Beilbys (1973) illustrated, p. 10, pl. 3a; p. 62; BIB# 27395
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) pp. 66-67, #81; BIB# 27582
Fine English and Continental Glass, Oriental and French Rugs and Carpets, Tapestries (Sotheby's Sale) (1960-12-09) #40; BIB# 7291
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) pp. 64-65, #71; BIB# 27746
Georgian Armorial Glass (1957-12-05) pp. 1273-1274, figs. 4, 10;
The Connoisseur period guides to houses, decoration, furnishing, and chattels, of the classic periods (1956-1958) opp. p. 100;
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1955) (1955) illustrated, pp. 52-53, #56; BIB# 28450
Art in Glass (1955) p. 146;
Three Centuries of European Glass (1955) #XVII;
The Story of Glass (1953) illustrated, plate 8-9 (fig. h); BIB# 25461
English and Irish Glass in The Corning Glass Center (1951-06) p. 471;
Beilby Glass in America Including Some Recent Discoveries (1951-06) fig. 1; BIB# AI46083

Objects in Set (2)

2 Armorial Goblets
Artist:Beilby, William
Date:about 1765
Accession Number:50.2.8
Armorial Goblet
Artist:Beilby, William
Date:about 1765
Accession Number:50.2.8 B