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Bowl

Date1764 (dated)

Attributed to William and Mary Beilby

OriginEngland, Newcastle upon Tyne

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.
InscribedPainted 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.).