Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Accession Number: 
79.2.67
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.2 cm, Diam (max): 10.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1765-1770
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, enameled. Cup-shaped bowl, enameled with landscapes in white on either side, one with an urn on a pedestal, the other a pyramid; domed and terraced foot; rough pontil mark on underside; diamond-scratched number "273" on underside of foot.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
1979-03-22
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
273
Inscription
: 
diamond scratched on underside of foot

Exhibitions (1)

The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby
Venue(s)
Laing Art Gallery 1980-09-05 through 1980-10-31

Publications (2)

In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, p. 19 (fig. 7);
The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby, 1761-1778 (1980) p. 8 (#16); BIB# 22578