A Dutch-engraved armorial light baluster goblet

CIRCA 1750, THE GLASS ENGLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS

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A Dutch-engraved armorial light baluster goblet
Circa 1750, the glass England or the Netherlands
The funnel-shaped bowl decorated with the crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht flanked by two lion supporters, the reverse with a lens surrounded by rays, on a balustroid stem with a merese and three knops, enclosing a tear, the conical foot folded
19.2 cm. (7 1/2 in.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. P.C. Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, volume II, (Zwolle 1993), p.229, no. 256

See illustration on page 20

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