Lot Essay
Hansie in de kelder metaphorical for a child in the mother's womb.
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Dutch-engraved opaque-twist confinement goblet
Second half 18th century
The bell-shaped bowl with an engraving of a nude man holding a jug, walking in a cellar with barrels, flanked by two large doors, below the inscription HANSIE IN DE KELDER (Jack in the cellar), the straight stem with white corkscrew enclosing a gauze column, on flat foot
14.5cm high
Second half 18th century
The bell-shaped bowl with an engraving of a nude man holding a jug, walking in a cellar with barrels, flanked by two large doors, below the inscription HANSIE IN DE KELDER (Jack in the cellar), the straight stem with white corkscrew enclosing a gauze column, on flat foot
14.5cm high
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