A DUTCH-ENGRAVED LIGHT-BALUSTER GOBLET attributed to Jacob Sang, the funnel bowl decorated with a birdcage with opened door and surmounted by a bird with outstretched wings, flanked by a palm and an orange branch with polished fruit, above rococo scroll and dot ornament suspending beaded swags, inscribed above AÜREA LIBERTAS (Golden Freedom), the knopped stem including a beaded shoulder-knopped section and basal knop, on a conical foot, circa 1755
Details
A DUTCH-ENGRAVED LIGHT-BALUSTER GOBLET attributed to Jacob Sang, the funnel bowl decorated with a birdcage with opened door and surmounted by a bird with outstretched wings, flanked by a palm and an orange branch with polished fruit, above rococo scroll and dot ornament suspending beaded swags, inscribed above AÜREA LIBERTAS (Golden Freedom), the knopped stem including a beaded shoulder-knopped section and basal knop, on a conical foot, circa 1755
17.5cm. high
Exhibited
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, loan no. 397
Lot Essay
Cf. H.E. van Gelder/Beatrice Jansen, Glas in Nederlandse Musea, pl. 190