Wine goblet

Wear Flint Glass Company (active 1805-1844)

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

1825

The early nineteenth century was the heyday of high-quality table glass making in Sunderland. This hand-blown goblet was originally part of a glass wine and dessert service. The sides of the goblet are pillar cut, with horizontal beading, and the foot is deep with a petal-shaped profile. It is cut and engraved with the Lambton arms. On 12 September 1823, the Wear Flint Glass Company took part in a procession through the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead. The Tyne Mercury records 'A Prince of Wales decanter and four wines, engraved with the arms of J G Lambton Esq.' as being among the glass carried aloft by the men.

• Medium: glass
• Dimensions: 16 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £212 ( Total: £850)
• ArtFunded in: 1994
• Vendor: Delomose Fine Antiques

Provenance

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham; John Hutton glass collection 1992; with Delomosne Fine Antiques.

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