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roemer

Object NameRoemer

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1600

TechniqueFree-blown, diamond-point engraved, applied decor.

SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm; Diam (rim): 13.1 cm, (foot): 8.8 cm

Accession Number56.3.24

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Netherlands

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale-light green glass, with many minute and few large bubbles; free-blown and diamond-point engraved, with applied decoration. Wide cylindrical stem with pushed-up base having rough pontil mark and with applied double-walled foot ring, almost straight-sided spreading bowl; four rows of prunts applied to stem, ring applied to bottom of bowl; on the bowl the coats-of-arms of the seven provinces of the United Republic of the Netherlands and the portraits of (probably) the Princes Maurits and Frederik Hendrik, sons of William the Silent, both flanking a large tree.
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