Goblet

anonymous, c. 1675 - c. 1685

The inscription translates as: ‘Be of one mind’.

  • Artwork typegoblet
  • Object numberBK-16476-A
  • Dimensionsheight 20.5 cm x width 9.6 cm x depth 9.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Goblet

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16476-A

  • Description

    Lage voet met omgeslagen rand. Holle, balustervormige stam met twee platte schijven. Trechtervormige, aan de onderzijde afgeronde kelk, waarop in Italiaanse letters is gegraveerd 'Syt eens gesint.'.

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1675 - c. 1685

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, kleurloos glas met diamantgravure

  • Dimensions

    height 20.5 cm x width 9.6 cm x depth 9.9 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. 113, cat.nr. S29.
    • J. Strauss, 'The diamond-engraved glasses of Elisabeth Crama', Journal of Glass Studies 12 (1970).

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