The Bacchus Goblet
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The Circle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition, 1937–1962. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 16-July 8, 1962, no. 196.
English Drinking Glasses, 1675–1825. Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Worthing, England, April 8–September 28, 1968, no. 432.
Strange and Rare: 50th Anniversary of the Glass Circle, 1937–1987. Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, England and The Pilkington Glass Museum, Saint Helens, England, 1987–1988, no. 115.
William Henry Perry Leslie (1859–1926), London [1];
Hamilton Clements (d. 1930), London, by 1925-1930 [2];
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Old English Glass, The Property of the Late Hamilton Clements, Esq., the Final Portion , Sotheby & Co., London, November 6, 1930, lot 31, by Permain, for William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), St. Donat’s Castle, South Wales, United Kingdom, 1930-1951 [3];
Probably purchased at his posthumous sale, Important English Drinking Glasses from the former collection of The Late William Randolph Hearst, Esq. (removed from St. Donat’s Castle, South Wales)…, Sotheby & Co., London, March 6, 1953, lot 25, by Wilfred Ariel Evill, Esq. (1890-1963), 1953-1963 [4];
By inheritance to his ward, Honor Elizabeth Cunning (née Frost, 1917–2010), 1963-1966 [5];
Purchased at her sale, Fine English Glass…The Property of Mrs. Honor Cunning, Sotheby & Co., London, May 16, 1966, lot 171, by Churchill, 1966 [6];
[Arthur] Graeme Cranch (1910–1997) and Molly Cranch (b. 1911), United Kingdom, by November 1967-1992 [7];
Purchased at Graeme Cranch’s sale, English and Continental Glass and Paperweights, Christie’s London, November 17, 1992, lot 146, by Patrick Walker (1931–2019) and Mavis Walker, United Kingdom, 1992-at least 2019 [8];
Purchased at their posthumous sale, Fine Glass and British Ceramics, Bonhams Montpelier Street, London, June 21, 2022, lot 68, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
NOTES:
[1] William Henry Perry Leslie was a London insurance broker, who also owned Bryn Tanat Hall in LLansantffraid-Ym-Mechain, Powys, Wales. This goblet is described in several publications, including the November 6, 1930 Sotheby’s catalogue, as having been illustrated in a private catalogue of the Leslie collection. A copy of the Leslie catalogue has not yet been located.
[2] This goblet was published as in Hamilton Clements’ collection in Francis Buckley, A History of Old English Glass (London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1925), plate 20, as Goblet with Baluster Stem, Early Wheel Engraving.
[3] This is presumably William Permain, a London dealer who also acted as a purchasing agent for William Randolph Hearst.
[4] According to a note in TGA 20136, Records and Papers Relating to Lawyer Wilfrid Evill’s Art Collection and its Subsequent Management by Honor Frost, Tate Library & Archive, Evill purchased this goblet at Sotheby’s for £70, although the date of sale is not specified. With thanks to Peter Eaves, Archive Curator, Tate Library & Archive, for searching these records on behalf of the Nelson-Atkins.The goblet was lent by Evill to the Circle of Glass Collectors’ Commemorative Exhibition 1937-1962, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, May 16-July 8, 1962, no. 196.
[5] Honor Elizabeth Frost was married to Edward Boyce Barrow Cunning (1909–1986) in 1945, but they separated after six weeks. She offered the goblet for sale at Fine English Glass…The Property of Mrs. Honor Cunning, Sotheby & Co., June 22, 1964, lot 111, but it failed to sell.
[6] This is presumably the London dealer Arthur Churchill Ltd., which specialized in English glass.
[7] According to Tim Osborne, in email correspondence with William Keyse Rudolph, Deputy Director, June 22, 2022, NAMA curatorial files.
[8] Ibid.
Francis Buckley. A History of Old English Glass (London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1925): 77–78, pl. XX (ill.)
Old English Glass, The Property of the Late Hamilton Clements, Esq., the Final Portion, Sotheby & Co., London, 6 November 1930, lot 31 (ill.)
Important English Drinking Glasses from the former collection of the Late William Randolph Hearst, Esq. (removed from St. Donat’s Castle, South Wales)…, Sotheby & Co., London, 6 March, 1953, lot. 25 (ill.)
The Circle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition, 1937–1962, exh. cat. (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1962): p. 41, no. 196.
English Drinking Glasses 1675-1825, exh. cat. (Worthing, UK: Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 1968), unpaginated, pl. IV (ill.), no. 432.
Strange and Rare: 50th Anniversary of the Glass Circle, 1937–1987, exh. cat. (London: Deadline, 1987): p. 33, fig. 115 (ill.)
L.M. Bickerton. Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated Guide, rev. 2nd. ed. (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, Ltd., 1986; orig. publ. 1971): 305, figs. 981–982 (ill.)
English and Continental Glass and Paperweights, Christie’s London, 17 November 1992, lot 146 (ill.)
Fine Glass and British Ceramics, Bonham’s Montpelier Street, London, 21 June 2022, lot 68 (ill.)
