Lot Essay
The keeshond dog was a symbol of the Patriots, and the engraving is a calculated insult against the Orangists.
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1780-1795, THE GLASS FRANCE
Details
A Dutch-engraved tumbler
1780-1795, THE GLASS FRANCE
The cylindrical body with fluted lower part, with a large keeshond dog urinating against a fruiting orange tree with a banner satirically inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y P...E, the reverse with wreathed monogrammed G
11 cm. high
1780-1795, THE GLASS FRANCE
The cylindrical body with fluted lower part, with a large keeshond dog urinating against a fruiting orange tree with a banner satirically inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y P...E, the reverse with wreathed monogrammed G
11 cm. high
Literature
Duysters, 2002, p. 244 no. 188.
Exhibited
H.M.A., invent. no. VS 76.
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