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flute glass

flute glass

Object NameAle Glass
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1670
TechniqueBlown, applied, engraved
SizeOverall H: 45.3 cm; Rim Diam: 5.7 cm; Foot Diam: 11.1 cm
Accession Number79.3.252
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Interpretive Notes
This flute is engraved with a portrait of the young William III (1650–1702), prince of Orange, stadholder (elected governor) of the Netherlands (1672–1702), and king of England (1689–1702). William was born shortly after his father died. The inscription on the flute, “Noch Leeft Orangien,” means “[The house of] Orange still lives.”
Place Made
Low Countries
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Tall, tapered, straight-sided bowl with diamond-point engraved decoration: inscribed "Noch Leeft Orangien" above a male portrait (William III, Prince of Orange, later King William III of England), and the royal arms of the Netherlands, with an eagle in flight below, a tree stump with a bird sitting on a growing sprout, scattered floral sprigs, and a moth; stem composed of a disk above hollow ovoid knop and capstan section below; spreading foot with folded rim and rough pontil mark.
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