Wine Glass with Views of the Schravenhagen and Alida Plantations

anonymous, c. 1752 - c. 1775

When this glass was engraved, the Surinam plantations of Schravenhagen and Alida were owned by Maria Lemmers-Wossink. She lived in a grand house in Paramaribo, a sign that the plantations were very profitable. The engraving shows a warehouse and sugar cane being harvested by people in slavery.

  • Artwork typekelkglas
  • Object numberBK-1994-90
  • Dimensionsheight 23 cm x depth 9.6 cm x diameter 9.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, kleurloos glas met radgravure

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Wine Glass with Views of the Schravenhagen and Alida Plantations

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1994-90

  • Description

    Gewelfde voet. Balusterstam met vier knopen en luchtbellen. Conische kelk met afgeronde bodem. Op de kelk het gezicht op twee plantages in Suriname met het opschrift: T'WELVAREN VAN D'PLANTAGIES SCHRAVENHAGEN EN ALIDA.

Creation

  • Creation

    • glassblower: anonymous, Low Countries
    • glassblower: anonymous, England
    • glass carver: attributed to Simon Jacob Sang, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1752 - c. 1775

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, kleurloos glas met radgravure

  • Dimensions

    height 23 cm x depth 9.6 cm x diameter 9.6 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1750 - 1800

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

  • M.P.H. Roessingh, 'Een Surinaams erfstuk', Verslagen en aanwinsten 1974-1975, Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders overzee (1976), p. 32-34.

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