An exceptional Dutch engraved light baluster goblet, circa 1760
The generous round funnel bowl finely engraved with continuous landscape depicting a palatial two-storey buitenplaats (country house), the grand entrance surmounted by a fanlight, the roof with an elaborate balustrade, the reverse with a moated hexagonal theekoepeltje (pavilion or summer house) flanked by rows of trees, cattle in the foreground, the multi-knopped stem with an angular knop above a beaded inverted baluster and basal knop, over a conical foot, 23.9cm high
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Provenance
Chris Crabtree Collection

Exhibited
Fanfare for Europe: British Art Market Exhibition, Christie's, 1973, no.208

Goblets engraved with grand country houses such as this would have been amongst the most prestigious commissions for 18th century Dutch engravers, particularly masters such as Jacob Sang. The panoramas created by the continuous gardens place then amongst the highlights of all Dutch engraved light balusters. A goblet of similar size engraved by Sang with a related view of a Eemlust House with a pavilion, now in Museum Flehite (inv. no.1990-031), is illustrated by Christopher Sheppard and John Smith, Engraved Glass: Masterpieces from Holland (1990), pp.48-9, no.22. A facet-stem goblet with a view of Ionica House, also by Sang, is illustrated by Hubert Vreeken, Glas in het Amsterdams Historisch Museum (1998), p.230, no.241. A moulded-stem goblet engraved with a view of Boschbeek House in a comparable manner to the house on the present glass, notably the matt façade and similar treatment of the rooftiles together with animals including a cow in the grounds, was exhibited at the Nationaal Glasmuseum in Leerdam between October 2012 and February 2013. The identity of the imposing property depicted on the present glass is unclear.

This heavy goblet is in good condition with no damage. There is very faint wear to the rim visible with a lends and light wear underneath the footrim as expected where it has been standing.