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1725-1750, THE GLASS ENGLISH OR DUTCH
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A Dutch-engraved light-baluster goblet of erotic signifance
1725-1750, THE GLASS ENGLISH OR DUTCH
The rounded funnel bowl engraved with a nude maiden flanked by a tree, further with a winged cupid shooting an arrow from a bow, and a sunburst, on grass vignette, inscribed to the reverse with PLUS DE COUPS PLUS DE PLAISIER sic (the more shots the more pleasure), on multi-knopped stem enclosing an elongated tear, the conical foot folded
19.4 cm. high
1725-1750, THE GLASS ENGLISH OR DUTCH
The rounded funnel bowl engraved with a nude maiden flanked by a tree, further with a winged cupid shooting an arrow from a bow, and a sunburst, on grass vignette, inscribed to the reverse with PLUS DE COUPS PLUS DE PLAISIER sic (the more shots the more pleasure), on multi-knopped stem enclosing an elongated tear, the conical foot folded
19.4 cm. high
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