Lot Essay
Princess Caroline (1743-1787), the oldest child of Prince Willem IV, married Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735-1788) in 1760.
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CIRCA 1760
Details
A Dutch engraved faceted royal armorial large goblet
CIRCA 1760
The funnel bowl finely engraved and with polished details with a medallion with the half-length portrait of Caroline, Princess of Orange, inscribed VIVAT P.C. CAROLVNA VIVAT, beneath a crowned orange tree and flanked by two lions and flower branches, surrounded by elaborate trophies, the lower bowl faceted and enclosing seven tears, with hollow balustroid stem, on conical foot
24.6 cm. high
CIRCA 1760
The funnel bowl finely engraved and with polished details with a medallion with the half-length portrait of Caroline, Princess of Orange, inscribed VIVAT P.C. CAROLVNA VIVAT, beneath a crowned orange tree and flanked by two lions and flower branches, surrounded by elaborate trophies, the lower bowl faceted and enclosing seven tears, with hollow balustroid stem, on conical foot
24.6 cm. high
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