a dutch diamond-point engraved wine glass

MID 18TH CENTURY

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a dutch diamond-point engraved wine glass
Mid 18th Century
The funnel bowl decorated with a church and ploughing farmer with merchant sailing vessels in the background, on a knopped balustroid stem containing tears and a conical foot
19 cm. (7 1/2 in.) high

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The three motifs depicted on this glass (farming, trading and the church) are emblematic of the basis of the Dutch Republic

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