A DIAMOND-ENGRAVED LIGHT-BALUSTER GOBLET, the generous funnel bowl decorated in a calligraphic script with the inscription 't Welvaren desen Huysen above Anno 1757, the stem with a wide, angular beaded knop above an inverted baluster section with basal knop, on a conical foot, signed and dated on the bowl HZ (or HL) (scpt) Anno 1757, 1757 (the bowl with scratches has turned matt, a tiny chip to foot)

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A DIAMOND-ENGRAVED LIGHT-BALUSTER GOBLET, the generous funnel bowl decorated in a calligraphic script with the inscription 't Welvaren desen Huysen above Anno 1757, the stem with a wide, angular beaded knop above an inverted baluster section with basal knop, on a conical foot, signed and dated on the bowl HZ (or HL) (scpt) Anno 1757, 1757 (the bowl with scratches has turned matt, a tiny chip to foot)
23.5 cm high

Lot Essay

The style of calligraphy on this goblet is not unlike that on one signed Lokhorst Script, who is known to be the engraver of a calligraphic inscription dated 1753
in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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