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Wine Glass

1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sang, Jacob (engraver (inciser))
Place of origin
England (made)
Netherlands (engraved)

Wine glass, wheel-engraved with the Arms of The Hague, decorated in the Northern Netherlands, the glass possibly English, probably engraved by Jacob Sang, 1755-70

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Wine glass
Materials and techniques
Wheel-engraved glass
Glass
Wheel-Engraving
Glass-Blowing
Brief description
Wine glass, wheel-engraved with the Arms of The Hague, decorated in the Northern Netherlands, the glass possibly English, probably engraved by Jacob Sang, 1755-70
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.0cm
conversion size only
Style
European
Gallery label
Engraved with the arms of The Hague.
Credit line
Wilfred Buckley Collection
Production
The attribution to Sang was suggested by F. G. A. M. Smit when he examined the glass in 1992.
Subject depicted
Coat of Arms
Bibliographic references
  • see Bradford sale; Christies, 4 June 1985, Lot 41
  • There are four goblets with the same coat of arms in the Kunstmuseum, The Hague in the Netherlands. See: J. Pijzel-Dommisse en T. Eliens, Glinsterend glas: 1500 jaar Europese glaskunst, Zwolle/The Hague 2009, p. 210, cat. 318-321. Another is in the Haags Histories Museum [the Hague Historical Museum]. Some of these are thought to have been used at the yearly ceremonial dinner of the Hague town council.
Other number
8860 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.470-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4943/wine-glass-sang-jacob/
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