AN ENAMELLED OPAQUE-TWIST WINE GLASS OF BEILBY FAMILY TYPE CIRCA 1765 The ogee bowl decorated with a white enamel band of fruiting vine, on a double-series stem and conical foot, 14.5cm high The Beilby's were a successful business family from the North East centred around William Beilby (1743-1819). A scholar from Durham School, his father sent him to Birmingham to be apprenticed to John Haseldine an enameller of metal boxes. His brother Richard was also apprenticed in Birmingham as a seal engraver. When their father's business as a silversmith and jeweller failed they returned North and the whole family decamped to Gateshead. William had already been experimenting with enamels on glass and Tyneside would have provided a ready supply of local glass and imported Low Countries glass. Other members of the family were tutored in decorating glass and a thriving business was established. See Glass Circle News, Vol.34 No. 3 Issue 27 Nov. 2011, for an article on Beilby enamelled glass, p.8 for an illustration of five drawn trumpet opaque twist glasses with this fruiting vine pattern. From a private Gloucestershire Collection. Condition Report: No serious damage or restoration noted. Potential purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves as to whether or not the rims/foot rims have been polished or not. Condition Report Disclaimer
AN ENAMELLED OPAQUE-TWIST WINE GLASS OF BEILBY FAMILY TYPE CIRCA 1765 The ogee bowl decorated with a white enamel band of fruiting vine, on a double-series stem and conical foot, 14.5cm high The Beilby's were a successful business family from the North East centred around William Beilby (1743-1819). A scholar from Durham School, his father sent him to Birmingham to be apprenticed to John Haseldine an enameller of metal boxes. His brother Richard was also apprenticed in Birmingham as a seal engraver. When their father's business as a silversmith and jeweller failed they returned North and the whole family decamped to Gateshead. William had already been experimenting with enamels on glass and Tyneside would have provided a ready supply of local glass and imported Low Countries glass. Other members of the family were tutored in decorating glass and a thriving business was established. See Glass Circle News, Vol.34 No. 3 Issue 27 Nov. 2011, for an article on Beilby enamelled glass, p.8 for an illustration of five drawn trumpet opaque twist glasses with this fruiting vine pattern. From a private Gloucestershire Collection. Condition Report: No serious damage or restoration noted. Potential purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves as to whether or not the rims/foot rims have been polished or not. Condition Report Disclaimer
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