Lot Essay
AOM is the abbreviation for Admiraliteit op de Maze, the usual name for the Admiralty in Rotterdam.
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1725-1750, THE GLASS ENGLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS, THE ENGRAVING PROBABLY ROTTERDAM
Details
A Dutch-engraved light-baluster goblet
1725-1750, THE GLASS ENGLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS, THE ENGRAVING PROBABLY ROTTERDAM
The funnel bowl with an enthroned bearded nude river god leaning on a vessel issuing water within foliate borders upholding a cartouche with the coat-of-arms of the Dutch Republic and the other end with the letters AOM divided by anchors, on a multi-knopped stem enclosing elongated tears, conical foot (minute footrim chips)
21.2 cm. high
1725-1750, THE GLASS ENGLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS, THE ENGRAVING PROBABLY ROTTERDAM
The funnel bowl with an enthroned bearded nude river god leaning on a vessel issuing water within foliate borders upholding a cartouche with the coat-of-arms of the Dutch Republic and the other end with the letters AOM divided by anchors, on a multi-knopped stem enclosing elongated tears, conical foot (minute footrim chips)
21.2 cm. high
Literature
Duysters, 2002, p. 199 no. 152.
Exhibited
H.M.A., invent. no. VS 181.
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