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- Title
Family Connections: The Formative Years of Beilby Enameled Glass, 1760-1765.
- Authors
Cottle, Simon
- Abstract
The goblets, wineglasses, and other table glass decorated in enamels at the Beilby family's workshop in Newcastle upon Tyne are considered to be among the most interesting of all 18th-century English glasses. New light has now been shed on the contribution to this production of other, lesser-known members of the family and their connections in the north of England and London. An examination of the coats of arms and crests on Beilby glasses shows a common thread between the families that may have commissioned them and some of the most powerful political characters of the day. These families are generally shown to have been supporters of the second marquis of Rockingham, an influential statesman at the time of the newly crowned King George III. This relationship brings into sharper focus a group of glasses decorated with the royal coat of arms, the significance of which had previously been a matter of speculation.
- Subjects
GLASSWARE; ENAMELED glass; GOBLETS; WINE glasses; TABLEWARE; EIGHTEENTH century
- Publication
Journal of Glass Studies, 2015, Vol 57, p183
- ISSN
0075-4250
- Publication type
Article