A LARGE DUTCH ENGRAVED GOBLET, the generous funnel bowl with a patient lying in a large canopied bed, a medical doctor in contemporary cloths seated beside it, inscribing a leaflet beside potions on a round tripod table on tiled floor, above inscribed NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE (neither reckless nor timid), the border engraved with floral swags suspended from tassels, the multi-knopped stem including two beaded knops above a domed foot, mid 18th Century

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A LARGE DUTCH ENGRAVED GOBLET, the generous funnel bowl with a patient lying in a large canopied bed, a medical doctor in contemporary cloths seated beside it, inscribing a leaflet beside potions on a round tripod table on tiled floor, above inscribed NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE (neither reckless nor timid), the border engraved with floral swags suspended from tassels, the multi-knopped stem including two beaded knops above a domed foot, mid 18th Century
26 cm high

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Nec temere nec timide, the motto of Gustaf Adolf of Sweden.

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