Goblet with a Landscape Vignette
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
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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.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).- Glass
Late 15th century
about 1720
about 1720
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