1750-1775, THE GLASS ENGLAND OR SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, THE ENGRAVING ATTRIBUTED TO HENDRIK BAGH

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A diamond-engraved light-baluster calligraphic goblet
1750-1775, THE GLASS ENGLAND OR SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, THE ENGRAVING ATTRIBUTED TO HENDRIK BAGH
The funnel bowl with the inscription De Navigatie 'navigation' and shipping at sail, two ships with the coat-of-arms and one with the flag of Amsterdam, on multi-knopped beaded stem, conical foot
19.5 cm. high

Literature

Duysters, 2002, p. 201 no. 154.

Exhibited

H.M.A., invent. no. VS 169.

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Lot Essay

The engraving is attributed to Hendrik Bagh on the grounds of similarities in style with a signed and dated goblet in the Amsterdams Historisch Museum; see Vreeken, 1998, p. 172 no. 154.
The warships depicted belonged to the Admiralty of Amsterdam.

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