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A Dutch engraved Jacob Sang-type Greenland whaling light-baluster goblet
Circa 1760
The trumpet bowl decorated with a continuous scene depicting three three-masters with flying pennants and four sloops surrounding two whales, the large one with a harpoon, on wavy sea, underneath the inscription T, WELVAAREN, VAN, DE, STRAAT, DAVIDTS, EN CGROENLANDT. (to the prosperity of 'the straits of David and C Greenland'), inspired by an etching by A. van der Laan (1690-1742), Het harpoeneren van den Walvis, of inwerpen van 't Harpoen, on multi-knopped stem, the foot conical
19.2 cm. high
See illustration