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Lot Essay
The scene of a man in a cellar, constitutes a pun on 'Hansie in de kelder' referring to an unborn child, whose safe emergence at birth was celebrated by drinking a toast to it.
Details
A Dutch-engraved goblet
Circa 1750
The funnel bowl engraved with a droll figure holding a goblet and a jug flanked by barrels in a vaulted cellar with open doors, flanked by growing fruiting vine, underneath the caption HANSIE IN DE KELDER (Jack in the cellar), upon an annular knop and octagonally moulded pedestal and domed foot
19.8 cm. (7¾ in.) high
Circa 1750
The funnel bowl engraved with a droll figure holding a goblet and a jug flanked by barrels in a vaulted cellar with open doors, flanked by growing fruiting vine, underneath the caption HANSIE IN DE KELDER (Jack in the cellar), upon an annular knop and octagonally moulded pedestal and domed foot
19.8 cm. (7¾ in.) high
Provenance
With E. Aardewerk & Zoon, 's-Gravenhage, 1971, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. H-25).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. H-25).
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