Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 96
A very rare Williamite enamelled wine glass, circa 1740-50
20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,812.50 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our British Ceramics specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot
A very rare Williamite enamelled wine glass, circa 1740-50
The drawn trumpet bowl inscribed 'THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF KING WILLIAM.' in opaque white below the rim, on a plain stem and conical foot, 11.6cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
Seton Veitch Collection
With Delomosne and Son, 2006 catalogue, no.26
Illustrated by Arthur Churchill Ltd., History in Glass (1937), pl.3, no.9. Williamite glasses traditionally have engraved decoration, and this is perhaps the only known enamelled Williamite wine glass, making it a unique example. No pieces decorated in this manner have been previously attributed to the Beilby workshop, but there were other decorators producing white enamel decoration on glass in the 18th century.
