Wine Glass
1750-75 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The arms engraved on the glass are those of the Dutch town of Delft, flanked by millitary banners. A similarly decorated glass also features a guard with rifle and rapier. It is likely that this glass once belonged to the civil guard of Delft.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wheel-engraved glass |
| Brief description | Wine glass, decorated in the Northen Netherlands, the glass possibly English, possibly engraved by Jacob Sang, 1750-75 |
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| 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 | |
| Summary | The arms engraved on the glass are those of the Dutch town of Delft, flanked by millitary banners. A similarly decorated glass also features a guard with rifle and rapier. It is likely that this glass once belonged to the civil guard of Delft. |
| Bibliographic reference | K. Duysters, Facetten van Glas: De glascollectie van het Historisch Museum Arnhem, 2002, p. 222, cat. 171 for a goblet with similar similar Delft arms with banners and with a guard with rifle and rapier. |
| Other number | 8861 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.471-1936 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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