Lot Essay
The rearing horse was used as a general symbol of freedom, without specific political meaning, from about 1700 onwards.
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1700-1725, THE GLASS PROBABLY ENGLAND
Details
A Dutch-engraved goblet
1700-1725, THE GLASS PROBABLY ENGLAND
The funnel bowl with a rearing horse on a grassy sward above the diamond-engraved inscription AUREA LIBERTAS 'Golden Liberty', the angular stem enclosing an elongated tear, conical folded feet
17.6 cm. high
1700-1725, THE GLASS PROBABLY ENGLAND
The funnel bowl with a rearing horse on a grassy sward above the diamond-engraved inscription AUREA LIBERTAS 'Golden Liberty', the angular stem enclosing an elongated tear, conical folded feet
17.6 cm. high
Literature
Duysters, 2002, p. 245 no. 189.
Exhibited
H.M.A., invent. no. VS 105.
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