A DUTCH ENGRAVED PEDESTAL-STEMMED WINE GLASS, 18TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 2,500 GBP

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JHR. IR. G.C. (GIJS) SIX VAN WIMMENUM (1892-1975)

A DUTCH ENGRAVED PEDESTAL-STEMMED WINE GLASS, 18TH CENTURY

the round conical bowl wheel-engraved with a vignette of a couple staning before the entrance to a celllar, a figure behind the doors fills a goblet from a barrel, below the diamond-point engraved inscription HANSIE IN DE KELDER, the bowl supported by a plain globular knop above an hexagonal section stem with tear inclusion and a folded conical foot

17.5 cm. high, 6⅞ in.

J.A.C. Bosch Reitz (1831 – 1913);

S.C. Bosch Reitz (1860-1938);

by descent to his godson and nephew, Jhr. ir. G.C. (Gijs) Six van Wimmenum (1892 – 1975);

Thence by descent

The scene depicted on the present wine-glass with the euphamistic inscription which translates as "Little Hans in the Cellar" and implied your hostess was with child.