Lot Essay
For another signed armorial roemer dated 1663 and signed Molenyser see Pieter C. Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Zwollem, 1995, Vol. II, p. 65, no. 34.
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1651, SIGNED H. MOLENYSER
Details
A GREEN-TINTED GLASS DIAMOND-POINT-ENGRAVED SIGNED AND DATED PROVINCES ROEMER
1651, SIGNED H. Molenyser
The ovoid bowl engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Willem, Prince of Orange flanked by the coat-of-arms of the Seventeen Provinces, the Seven United Provinces to the lower band, each crowned, larger and titled Geldria, HOLLANDIA, Zelandia, Vtrecht, ouerysel, Friesia and Grueningen, the upper band of coats-of-arms titled Limburgh, Litzenbrgh, Namen, Artoers, Hen gouwe, Flaendria, Zutphen, Mechten, Antwerpen and Brabantia, the rim with a meandering band of fruiting vines, signed and dated to the lower part of the bowl above an applied milled band, the cylindrical stem applied with four rows of raspberry prunts, with a kick-in base, supported by a coiled foot
10 7/8 in. (27.8 cm.) high
1651, SIGNED H. Molenyser
The ovoid bowl engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Willem, Prince of Orange flanked by the coat-of-arms of the Seventeen Provinces, the Seven United Provinces to the lower band, each crowned, larger and titled Geldria, HOLLANDIA, Zelandia, Vtrecht, ouerysel, Friesia and Grueningen, the upper band of coats-of-arms titled Limburgh, Litzenbrgh, Namen, Artoers, Hen gouwe, Flaendria, Zutphen, Mechten, Antwerpen and Brabantia, the rim with a meandering band of fruiting vines, signed and dated to the lower part of the bowl above an applied milled band, the cylindrical stem applied with four rows of raspberry prunts, with a kick-in base, supported by a coiled foot
10 7/8 in. (27.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 24 May 2000, lot 10.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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