A DUTCH-ENGRAVED STADHOLDER PORTRAIT GOBLET, in the style of Christoffel G. Schröder, the bell bowl with a framed dotted oval depicting the half lenght portrait of Stadhouder Willem V, after an engraving by J. Houbraken, wearing; a regal uniform, an ermine mantle, the order of St. George on ribbon and sceptre, flanked by laurel wreaths, the reverse inscribed Zet bij die t: is van zins, Lang leev de Oranie Prins, the lower part cut with ovals, on cushion knop above baluster stem cut en suite, enclosing tears, the foot domed, circa 1767

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A DUTCH-ENGRAVED STADHOLDER PORTRAIT GOBLET, in the style of Christoffel G. Schröder, the bell bowl with a framed dotted oval depicting the half lenght portrait of Stadhouder Willem V, after an engraving by J. Houbraken, wearing; a regal uniform, an ermine mantle, the order of St. George on ribbon and sceptre, flanked by laurel wreaths, the reverse inscribed Zet bij die t: is van zins, Lang leev de Oranie Prins, the lower part cut with ovals, on cushion knop above baluster stem cut en suite, enclosing tears, the foot domed, circa 1767
21.2 cm high

Lot Essay

The goblet of the Wolf Collection, engraved by the same hand, shows the bust-portrait of William V, made after the same engraving, laterally reversed and together with the bust-portrait of his wife, Princess Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia. They married in 1767. So our goblet with the single portrait must have been made shortly before or after this event. The attribution of this goblet to the glass engraver Schröder, having moved from Germany or Austria to Holland, is based on Dr. Birgitt Klesse's comments on the double-portrait glass of the Wolf Collection: The style of the mat-engraved portraits with the impressive effects of the polished parts - especially of the eyes and the decorative elements and buttons of the clothing - are reminiscent of the depictions on glass - and mirror-plaques signed by Chr. Schröder and/or Christoffel Grisnich (Gottlieb) Schröder respectively, first compiled by H.E. van Gelder as works of these glass engravers (p.127)

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