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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Wine Glass

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Foot: plain; Stem: opaque-twist; Bowl: ogee


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glass, enamelled and with an opaque-twist stem
Brief description
Wine glass, England (probably Newcastle-upon-Tyne), probably enamelled by William Beilby, 1760-1780
Physical description
Foot: plain; Stem: opaque-twist; Bowl: ogee
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Liberty & Clavering For Ever' (decoration)
Gallery label
Probably enamelled by a member of the Beilby family of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The inscription 'Clavering & Liberty For Ever' most likely refers to the election of Sir Thomas Clavering of Axwell Park as MP for Durham, probably either 1768 or 1774. A Sir John Clavering of Lanchester (1722-77), the only other possible candidate, was an opponent of Warren Hastings.
Credit line
Wilfred Buckley Collection
Bibliographic reference
The ingenious Beilbys - James Rush (1973) pl.64 A Beilby odyssey - James Rush (1987) col.pl.30 'The decorated glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761-78' - Laing Art Gallery, 1980, p.11, no.46. See also History in glass - Arthur Churchill Ltd., 1937, no. 113 (ill.)
Other number
9099 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.632-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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