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Goblet

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureHolland | Dutch

Dateca. 1810

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.444

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 11

DescriptionClear, blown, conical shape, drawn stem and applied foot. Decorated with diamond stipple engraving of boy and girl with arms entwined and beneath "VERGEET NIET LICHT U BROEDERP LICHT" (Translates: May our fellowship never end). Nick on rim which has been previously ground down and nick on foot rim.

Label TextGoblet wih Children Embracing The Netherlands Early Nineteenth Cdentury Blown glass; diamond stipple engraved. Inscription: "Vergeet Niet Licht U Broeder Plicht" (Do not take lightly our duty to brother) Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 0.444Published ReferencesRecorded and illustrated in Robert Schmidt Catalog of Muhsam Collection, Vol. II, #273.