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A PARCEL-GILT TAPERING BEAKER ON A DOMED CIRCULAR FOOT

细节
A PARCEL-GILT TAPERING BEAKER ON A DOMED CIRCULAR FOOT
maker's mark W., Groningen, 1640

The foot cast and chased with cherubs, fruit and strapwork, the body engraved with oval vignettes symbolising Faith, Hope and Charity within strapwork cartouches interspersed with fruit, foliage and swags, exotic birds on rococo branches engraved beneath, the lower part of the body applied with a wirework band, an inscription dated 1641 beneath, the underside of the foot engraved with a crest, the parcel-gilding probably later