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The Shelly bowl and dish
(c. 1745)
Medium
glass (wheel-engraved)
Measurements
(a-b) 9.1 × 16.4 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
William and Margaret Morgan Endowment, 1968
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This toasting bowl and stand bear the crest of the Shelley family – of which the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was a member. There are three other known bowls from the set. Such bowls may have served to facilitate toasts to the king ‘over the water’: a glass of wine was waved over a bowl full of water as a toast was made to the health of the king. The appearance of Jacobite emblems and a family crest on the one object is rare – very few associated themselves with the Stuart cause so boldly.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Accession Number
1754.a-b-D5
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Mr Hugh M Morgan AC and Mrs Elizabeth Morgan
Physical description
The Shelly Bowl and dish: bowl, waisted round funnel shape, both dish and bowl engraved with Shelly crest.