A facon-de-venise diamond-point-engraved armorial goblet - Last quarter of the 17th century

The rounded cylindrical bowl engraved with the crowned coat of arms of the Seven Provinces: Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Vriesland, Overijssel, Groeningen and Gelderland below a continuous meandering band of flowers and leaves, supported on a stem formed from two ribbed hollow knops, each on a bladed knop, above a folded conical foot engraved with a continuous band of flowers and leaves
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high  - Estimate: £8,000-12,000

Provenance: Collection of J. Garnier, Brugge

Notes: See Pieter C. Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 1995), Vol. II, p. 79, no. 53 for a Provinces wine glass engraved by a hand close to the present example, the author attributes the engraving to the Northern Netherlands.

Christie's.  European Ceramics & Glass including the Property of a Collector. 31 March 2008, 10:30 am & 2:00 pm. 8 King Street, St. James's, London