CIRCA 1725-50, THE WHEEL ENGRAVING NORTHERN NETHERLANDS, THE LEAD GLASS ENGLAND

Details

A Dutch wheel-engraved accouchement wine-glass
Circa 1725-50, the wheel engraving Northern Netherlands, the lead glass England
(Kraamglas) the generous funnel bowl with a rocaille escutcheon depicting a seated wet-nurse, rocking a cradle, further with a recovering mother seated on a four poster bed, surmounted by a crowned canopy, suspending tassels, the reverse inscribed; 't Welvaaren van de Kraamvrouw en het Kintje (the prosperity of the new mother and the infant), on a short angular stem, the foot conical
15.8cm. high

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

It was a tradition in the United Provinces to offer this type of glass to a new mother.

cf. H. Vreeken, Glas in het Amsterdams Historisch Museum en Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Zwolle,1998, p.224, ill.234 for another accouchement wine-glass.

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