A DIAMOND-ENGRAVED DRAWN-TRUMPET GOBLET, the bowl inscribed in diamond-point 't Welvare van d'Proostdije van den Dom beneath a border of laub-und-bandelwerk, the stem with a tear, on a conical foot (the rim with polished-out chip), mid-18th century, Low Countries

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A DIAMOND-ENGRAVED DRAWN-TRUMPET GOBLET, the bowl inscribed in diamond-point 't Welvare van d'Proostdije van den Dom beneath a border of laub-und-bandelwerk, the stem with a tear, on a conical foot (the rim with polished-out chip), mid-18th century, Low Countries
20cm. high

Provenance

R.G. Owen Esq., sale Sotheby's, 27 November 1967, lot 160

Lot Essay

The Proostdije or rectory usually possessed an enclosure of land, the income from which helped defray expenses incurred by the Diocese

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