A FAÇON-DE-VENISE ARMORIAL DIAMOND-POINT-ENGRAVED GOBLET
Lot 341 Property from the Estate of Eric Martin Wunsch (lots 333-357)

A FAÇON-DE-VENISE ARMORIAL DIAMOND-POINT-ENGRAVED GOBLET

CIRCA 1685, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM MOOLEYSER, THE NETHERLANDS

Closed2 October 2013

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GBP 7,500

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A FAÇON-DE-VENISE ARMORIAL DIAMOND-POINT-ENGRAVED GOBLET
CIRCA 1685, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM MOOLEYSER, THE NETHERLANDS
The funnel bowl engraved with the crowned coat-of-arms of Friesland flanked by palm fronds and the inscription De gesontheid van de Heeren Staaten,/Van Vriesland. (to the health of the Lords of the States of Friesland), the reverse with a trophy of fruit and vegetables, on a hollow inverted baluster knop stem set between mereses, the spreading folded conical foot engraved with a floral band
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

A.J. Guépin; sale Christie's, Amsterdam, 5 July 1989, lot 51.
Joseph R. Ritman; sale Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1995, lot 59.

Specialist note

The inscription is a toast to the health of the male members of the College of Representatives of Friesland at the time of one of the Seven United Provinces of the Dutch Republic.