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CIRCA 1740
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A Dutch engraved whaling goblet
CIRCA 1740
The bell bowl with a continuous scene with a large lanteen-rigged three master, a distant similar ship and a large whale with open mouth, beneath the insription 'T WELVAAREN VAN DE VRYE SEE VAART (The prosperity of the free navigation), on a hollow balustroid stem and folded conical foot
19.3 cm. high
CIRCA 1740
The bell bowl with a continuous scene with a large lanteen-rigged three master, a distant similar ship and a large whale with open mouth, beneath the insription 'T WELVAAREN VAN DE VRYE SEE VAART (The prosperity of the free navigation), on a hollow balustroid stem and folded conical foot
19.3 cm. high
Special notice
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