Goblet
ca. 1690 (made)
| Place of origin |
Glass goblet with spreading foot and folded rim, the stem composed of two four lobed hollow knobs with mereses, a funnel bowl and the underneath decorated with 'nipt-diamond-waies'. The goblet is engraved with the arms of William III with Nassau in pretence flanked by two lions and two putti blowing on trumpets. On the other side an orange tree branch, a rose and a sun.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Glass, mould-blown and engraved decoration |
| Brief description | Glass goblet, wheel-engraved with the arms of William III with Nassau in pretence, Northern Netherlands, c.1690, crizzling |
| Physical description | Glass goblet with spreading foot and folded rim, the stem composed of two four lobed hollow knobs with mereses, a funnel bowl and the underneath decorated with 'nipt-diamond-waies'. The goblet is engraved with the arms of William III with Nassau in pretence flanked by two lions and two putti blowing on trumpets. On the other side an orange tree branch, a rose and a sun. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | Engraved with the arms of William III with Nassau in pretence. |
| Credit line | Formerly part of the Barry Richards collection. |
| Bibliographic reference | See Charleston 'Dutch Decoration on English Glass' (1957). Illustrated A. Chrurchill, Glass Notes (1950) frontispiece, where attributed to the Savoy Glasshouse. Formerly Sotheby's 5/11/62, Lot. 12, where attributed to Hawley Bishop, about 1685. |
| Other number | 8779 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.188-1993 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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