Bowl
Date1764 (dated)
Attributed to
William and Mary Beilby
MediumLead glass; enamel; gilding
DimensionsOH: 2 1/4"; OD: 4 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-451
DescriptionColorless lead glass bowl supported on a slightly flaring cylindrical folded footring. The bowl painted in white enamel with "JOHN & MARGt (superscript "t") : DIXON" in Roman capitals above the Gothic lettered "HAWKWELL / 1764". Flanking inscription and continuing around rim are a series of c-crolls below a diaper pattern composed of a grid of dots with trefoil corner and 4 dot center filling ornament. Directly opposite the inscription is an oval (with a small sprig inside) above a triple flame pattern.Inscription(s)Painted in white enamel with "JOHN & MARGt (superscript "t") : DIXON" in Roman capitals above the Gothic lettered "HAWKWELL / 1764"ProvenanceEx coll: W.D. Evill. Sold at auction: Sotheby's London, Oct. 26, 1964, lot #112 (illust.).
ca. 1770
1790 - 1791
