Kandeel Cups
1762 (made)
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Confinement cups were presented to mothers at the end of their confinement after giving birth. They were made for serving kandeel, a mixture of wine, yolks, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and lemon peel, and are engraved with toasts to the welfare of the mother and child. The one toasting the mother is engraved with an interior showing a pair of kandeel-glasses set on a table. Each inscribed "Jacob Sang, inv = et Fec = Amsterdam 1762" Also engraved "HET WELVAAREN VAN DE KRAAMVROUW (The well-being of the woman in childbed"
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Engraved glass |
| Brief description | One of pair of confinement cups and covers, clear colourless glass, diamond-point engraved, engraved by Jacob Sang in Amsterdam, 1762 |
| Physical description | Confinement cups were presented to mothers at the end of their confinement after giving birth. They were made for serving kandeel, a mixture of wine, yolks, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and lemon peel, and are engraved with toasts to the welfare of the mother and child. The one toasting the mother is engraved with an interior showing a pair of kandeel-glasses set on a table. Each inscribed "Jacob Sang, inv = et Fec = Amsterdam 1762" Also engraved "HET WELVAAREN VAN DE KRAAMVROUW (The well-being of the woman in childbed" |
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| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Object history | Confinement cups were presented to mothers at the end of their confinement after giving birth. They were made for serving kandeel, a mixture of wine, yolks, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and lemon peel, and are engraved with toasts to the welfare of the mother and child. Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Production | Northern Netherlands dated 1762 |
| Associated object | C.466-1936 (Set) |
| Other number | 8856 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.465&A-1936 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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