A DUTCH-ENGRAVED LIGHT-BALUSTER V.O.C. AND G.W.C. COFFEE TRADE GOBLET WITH COVER, the generous funnel bowl engraved with a grassy vignette supporting Mercury wearing a quiver of arrows, a winged hat and holding a caduceus beside a barrel, a palmtree and two bales inscribed PVDN, one IAVA and VOC, the other SURINAME and GWC, under the inscription 't Welvaren der Alkmaarze Coffij negootie (the prosperity of the coffee trade in Alkmaar) the stem with a knopped section above a beaded inverted baluster section with basal knop, on a conical foot, the domed cover en suite, engraved with a tied floral branch, with multi-knopped beaded spire finial with acorn-shaped upper part, circa 1760

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A DUTCH-ENGRAVED LIGHT-BALUSTER V.O.C. AND G.W.C. COFFEE TRADE GOBLET WITH COVER, the generous funnel bowl engraved with a grassy vignette supporting Mercury wearing a quiver of arrows, a winged hat and holding a caduceus beside a barrel, a palmtree and two bales inscribed PVDN, one IAVA and VOC, the other SURINAME and GWC, under the inscription 't Welvaren der Alkmaarze Coffij negootie (the prosperity of the coffee trade in Alkmaar) the stem with a knopped section above a beaded inverted baluster section with basal knop, on a conical foot, the domed cover en suite, engraved with a tied floral branch, with multi-knopped beaded spire finial with acorn-shaped upper part, circa 1760
31cm. high (within fitted etui)

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Literature:
P.J.G. Korf de Gidts, 't Welvaren der Alkmaarse Coffij Negootie in Antiek.
G.W.C. for Generale Westindische Compagnie, PVDN for Pieter van der Nolle (1738-1794) lived in Alkmaar and traded in coffee, tea and chocolate, whereby he not only became very affluent but also important in local Alkmaar political circles. This goblet could have been a gift but could also have been ordered by him, this not earlier than 1760 when he officially became trader

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