MID 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Dutch-engraved Royal armorial light-baluster goblet
Mid 18th Century
The slightly waisted funnel bowl engraved with the crowned Royal Arms of England above scroll ornament, the multi-knopped stem with beaded and inverted baluster sections, on a conical foot
81/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Anon., sale Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterday, 19 March 1976, lot 1804
The Earl of Bradford, sale Christie's, 4 June 1985, lot 40

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Lot Essay

The Royal Arms of England as used from 1714 until 1801 were more than likely in this instance engraved in honour of King George II as father of Princess Anne of Hanover who married Prince Willem IV of Orange in 1734.

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