Goblet with a Landscape Vignette
Artist: (Enameler) William Beilby (English | British, 1740-1819)
Artist: Ralph Beilby (British, 1744-1817)
Date: about 1765-1770
Dimensions:
H: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Medium: Colorless and opaque white lead glass; blown, enameled
Place of Origin: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1963.15
Label Text:As books and prints of travel and nature became popular items for the middle class during the second half of the 18th century, glasses and other decorative arts were manufactured in England with landscapes that reflected a romantic preoccupation with nature. The vignette on this goblet is painted in opaque enamels and features a shepherd and his flock within a landscape featuring a river or lake and a pyramidal tower probably representing a romantic architectural garden structure (called a folly).
DescriptionClear lead glass with opaque white twist stem, enameled in colors
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