Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Tumbler
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Accession Number: 
79.2.71
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.8 cm; Rim Diam: 7.5 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. Tapered, straight-sided form with flat base; inscribed "M + BELL / 1778" in white enamel, with white-enameled foliate scrolls alongside and below; white floral swag on the reverse, with primrose and other flowers; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
M + BELL / 1778
Inscription; Date
: 
in white enamel

Exhibitions (2)

The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby
Venue(s)
Laing Art Gallery 1980-09-05 through 1980-10-31
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23
 

Publications (3)

English Glass from the Strauss Collection (1980-04) illustrated, cover, pp. 311, 314, fig. 3; BIB# AI7962
The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby, 1761-1778 (1980) illustrated, p. 12 (#51); BIB# 22578
Glass Drinking Vessels: From the Collections of Jerome Strauss and The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation: a Special Exhibition, 1955 (1955) illustrated, p. 104, #264; BIB# 27783