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A GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS DATED ARMORIAL GOBLET
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A GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS DATED ARMORIAL GOBLET

1736, SAXONY, PROBABLY GLÜCKSBURG

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A GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS DATED ARMORIAL GOBLET
1736, SAXONY, PROBABLY GLÜCKSBURG
The thistle-shaped bowl engraved with an allegorical scene of a lion and swan within a mirror-shaped cartouche below the Hesse-Darmstadt coat-of-arms and crowned interlaced 'L' s, the reverse inscribed So lang des löwen blut in schwanens adern quilt und unsre treue brust der lebens safft erfillt so langer schall der wunsch biss an des himels zinen Leb Erbprintz Ludewig mit printz und printzessinen ambt lemberg 29 Marz 1736
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
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The inscription translates as:

as long as lions blood streams in swans' veins
and our faithful breast is filled with life's juice
so long will the wish be heard to the ceiling of the sky
Live hereditary prince Ludwig with
prince and princesses
Office of Lemberg
29 March
1736

The town of Lemberg formed part of the land which in 1736 passed from the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg to the Princes of Hesse, whose houses are symbolised by the swan and the lion respectively. This glass was most probably a gift of allegiance from the burgher of Lemberg to Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt.