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wine glass

Object NameWineglass

Engraver Alius

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1760-1770

Place MadeEngland; Dutch Republic, Amsterdam

Techniqueblown, diamond-stipple engraved

SizeH: 19.4 cm, D(rim): 7.2 cm, D(foot); 8.2 cm

Accession Number93.3.50

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown and diamond-stipple engraved. Wineglass with a pointed round funnel and with a tooling mark on the rim; the baluster stem shows three knops with airtraps and a base knop above the slightly domed foot. The bowl is diamond-stipple engraved with an outdoor scene of two seated men in profile wearing floppy hats and facing each other. The one on the left, sitting on a three-legged footstool, is offering a glass of beer to his companion, who in turn is reaching for it with his right hand while holding a pipe in the other. Behind them, next to a rock, a covered jug is standing on the ground. The scene is framed by trees and other vegetation, and a banderole above them reads "VRIENDSHAP".
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