Minneapolis Institute of Art

Goblet

Decorator: Attributed to William Beilby; Decorator: Attributed to Mary Beilby

Date

c. 1770

Medium

Blown glass, enamel decoration

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Beilby family is credited with introducing to England the process of enameling clear glass. Mary and her brother William were the most skilled Beilby enamelers. Their decoration varied from motifs of arms and armor to architectural ruins and rural landscapes framed in rococo flourishes, as on this goblet. The goblet’s enameled decoration and air-twist stem display the light, fluid quality of the rococo style. Europe

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