Lot Essay
The inscription is a toast to the health of the male members of the College of Representatives of Friesland at the time of one of the Seven United Provinces of the Dutch Republic.
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CIRCA 1685, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM MOOLEYSER, THE NETHERLANDS
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A FAÇON-DE-VENISE ARMORIAL DIAMOND-POINT-ENGRAVED GOBLET
CIRCA 1685, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM MOOLEYSER, THE NETHERLANDS
The funnel bowl engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Friesland flanked by palm fronds and the inscription De gesontheid van de Heeren Staaten,/Van Vriesland. (to the health of the Lords of the States of Friesland), the reverse with a trophy of fruit and vegetables, on a hollow inverted baluster knop stem set between mereses, the spreading folded conical foot engraved with a floral band
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
CIRCA 1685, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM MOOLEYSER, THE NETHERLANDS
The funnel bowl engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Friesland flanked by palm fronds and the inscription De gesontheid van de Heeren Staaten,/Van Vriesland. (to the health of the Lords of the States of Friesland), the reverse with a trophy of fruit and vegetables, on a hollow inverted baluster knop stem set between mereses, the spreading folded conical foot engraved with a floral band
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
A.J. Guépin; sale Christie's, Amsterdam, 5 July 1989, lot 51.
Joseph R. Ritman; sale Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1995, lot 59.
Joseph R. Ritman; sale Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1995, lot 59.
Literature
Bolten 1969, 26, no. 80.
Laméris & Laméris 1991, p. 122, no. 123.
Smit 1994: p. 56, no. 143.25.
Laméris & Laméris 1991, p. 122, no. 123.
Smit 1994: p. 56, no. 143.25.
Exhibited
Prinsenhof, Delft, 1969, no. 80.
Amsterdam, 1991, no. 123.
Amsterdam, 1991, no. 123.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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