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Wine Glass

1720-40 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wine glass with moulded stem and domed foot, the stem is repaired with a metal dowel. On the bowl a wheel-engraved depictionn of an urn on a pedestal, with two shileds of arms. An inscription 'LAUDATO INGENTIA RURA EXIGUUM COLITO' engraved with a diamond-point.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wheel and diamont-point (lettering) engraved glass
Brief description
Wine glass, Netherlands, wheel- and diamont-point engraved in the Northern Netherlands, 1720-40
Physical description
Wine glass with moulded stem and domed foot, the stem is repaired with a metal dowel. On the bowl a wheel-engraved depictionn of an urn on a pedestal, with two shileds of arms. An inscription 'LAUDATO INGENTIA RURA EXIGUUM COLITO' engraved with a diamond-point.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
conversion size only
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'LAUDATO INGENTIA RURA EXIGUUM COLITO' (Decoration)
Translation
"Praise large estates, cultivate small ones."
Transliteration
Vergil, Georgics, Book ii, v. 412-413
Object history
CIRC.907 to 929-1924 were purchased from Mr. Henry Bergen, Chiswick, for £ 35.-
Bibliographic reference
Other number
2055 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.911-1924

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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