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CIRCA 1740, THE GLASS ENGLISH
Details
A Dutch-engraved whaling goblet
Circa 1740, the glass English
The generous round funnel bowl engraved with a three-master with flying pennants on a continuous sea, inscribed DE UNIE beneath the windows of the stern, the reverse with two sloops with men harpooning a spouting whale, with entwined ribbon cartouche inscribed 'T WELVAREN VAN DE GROENLANDSE VISSCHERY (The prosperity of the Greenland fishery), the stem with an angular knop above short baluster and beaded inverted baluster sections on basal knop, the foot conical
21.2 cm. (8 3/8 in.) high
Circa 1740, the glass English
The generous round funnel bowl engraved with a three-master with flying pennants on a continuous sea, inscribed DE UNIE beneath the windows of the stern, the reverse with two sloops with men harpooning a spouting whale, with entwined ribbon cartouche inscribed 'T WELVAREN VAN DE GROENLANDSE VISSCHERY (The prosperity of the Greenland fishery), the stem with an angular knop above short baluster and beaded inverted baluster sections on basal knop, the foot conical
21.2 cm. (8 3/8 in.) high
Provenance
With F. Laméris Antiquair, Amsterdam, 1998, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. H-60).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. H-60).
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