Goblet with a Landscape Vignette

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Goblet with a Landscape Vignette

Artist(Enameler) William Beilby (English | British, 1740-1819)

Artist Ralph Beilby (British, 1744-1817)

Place of OriginNewcastle upon Tyne, England

Dateabout 1765-1770

DimensionsH: 17.8 cm (7 in.)

MediumColorless and opaque white lead glass; blown, enameled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1963.15

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

DescriptionClear lead glass with opaque white twist stem, enameled in colors

Label TextAs 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).Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 123, repr. (col.) fig 50C, p. 122.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, Dec. 1964 and Jan. 1965.