Lot Essay
Cf. P.C. Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Volume II, Zwolle, 1995, p. 193, ill. 205-206.
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CIRCA 1750, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY ROTTERDAM
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A Dutch engraved light-baluster whaling goblet
CIRCA 1750, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY ROTTERDAM
The funnel bowl finely engraved with four medallions, one depicting three gentlemen around a table, one with a large ship near a harbour with a smaller sloop, one with two ships and a sloop capturing a large whale and one with two large ships, flanked by elaborate Laub und Bandelwerk suspending fruit and flowers, flanked by flower-filled vases with a perched bird and by obelisques, the multi-knopped stem enclosing tears
21.3 cm high
CIRCA 1750, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY ROTTERDAM
The funnel bowl finely engraved with four medallions, one depicting three gentlemen around a table, one with a large ship near a harbour with a smaller sloop, one with two ships and a sloop capturing a large whale and one with two large ships, flanked by elaborate Laub und Bandelwerk suspending fruit and flowers, flanked by flower-filled vases with a perched bird and by obelisques, the multi-knopped stem enclosing tears
21.3 cm high
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