Beaker

anonymous, 1679

The inscription translates as: ‘Humility breeds contentment’.

  • Artwork typecup
  • Object numberBK-NM-742
  • Dimensionsheight 17.5 cm x diameter 9 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Beaker

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-742

  • Description

    Drie bolle pootjes. Cylindervormig lichaam met ingestoken ziel, de onderrand afgewerkt met een gladde, aangezette draad. Op het lichaam is in romeinse letters gecalligrafeerd 'Ootmoed baert genoegen.' en onder op de bodem 'Willem van Heemskerk AE 66 Ao 1679.'.

Creation

  • Creation

    • glassblower: anonymous, Low Countries
    • glass carver: Willem Jacobszoon van Heemskerk, Leiden

  • Dating

    1679

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

  • Dimensions

    height 17.5 cm x diameter 9 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • F.G.A.M. Smit, Inscriptions in Calligraphy on Glass, Uniquely Dutch, Seventeenth-Century Calligraphy on Glass, A preliminary Catalogue, Peterborough 1989, p. 100, cat.nr. O8.
    • Documentatiemap.
    • H. Newman, An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass, Londen, 1977, p. 56 (afb.).

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