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Object Name:

Goblet

Maker(s):

Mooleyser, Willem, Maker

Place Made:

Northern Netherlands

Accession Number:

58.3.175

Dimensions:

Overall H: 19.8 cm; Rim Diam: 9.7 cm; Foot Diam: 10 cm

Location:

Not on Display

Date:

1680-1690

Web Description:

The scene on this goblet shows two gentlemen toasting each other with "a glass of friendship," as the inscription reads. The decoration indicates the purpose of the glass. It may have been used as a welcome goblet, but it probably refers to a specific friendship. Diamond-point engraving on glass was frequently practiced by amateurs, who produced objects to commemorate special occasions. [Compare 79.3.301 and 79.3.239.]

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Department:

Early Modern

Provenance:

Phillips, Howard, Source

1958

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Primary Description:

Clear glass with slight grey tinge; free-blown and diamond-point engraved. Plain folded conical foot with rough pontil mark, squat hollow inverted baluster stem flanked by two stemmed mereses, round funnel bowl; on the bowl two gentlemen toasting each other, the left sitting on a chair and the other one standing, below rim the calligraphic inscription: "Een Glasie Van Vrienschap" (a glass of friendship); on the foot two flower sprays.