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SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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a dutch-engraved light-baluster goblet and cover
Second half of the 18th Century
The funnel bowl engraved with two tied roses surrounded by a serpent biting its own tail on a sunburst motif with an eye above, within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath, and inscribed with de milde goedheijd van den Heer, daal, op dees, blijde Iaardagh neer En schenke, uw, soveel heijl en zeegen Als ooijt van imand is verkreegen, on a balustroid stem enclosing tears, the domed cover with acorn finial (chips to finial)
26 cm. (10 1/4 in.) high
Second half of the 18th Century
The funnel bowl engraved with two tied roses surrounded by a serpent biting its own tail on a sunburst motif with an eye above, within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath, and inscribed with de milde goedheijd van den Heer, daal, op dees, blijde Iaardagh neer En schenke, uw, soveel heijl en zeegen Als ooijt van imand is verkreegen, on a balustroid stem enclosing tears, the domed cover with acorn finial (chips to finial)
26 cm. (10 1/4 in.) high