An important Dutch engraved light baluster wine goblet signed by Jacob Sang, dated 1762


The round funnel bowl engraved with a rococo scrollwork cartouche surmounted by a crown, inscribed in neat upper case script 'DAAR EENDRAGT BLOEYT. WORD VfIENDSCHAP STERK SO BLOEY NOG LANG. STAAT, STAD EN KERK', Further inscribed above the crown 'CONCORDIA', the stem with a hollow angular knop over a beaded inverted baluster, the conical foot inscribed in diamond-point 'Jacob Sang , Fec= Amsterdam, 1762', 20.5cm high
|This significant signed glass has not apparently been published. The inscription can be translated as...'Where Unity flourishes, Friendship grows strong. That is how State, City and Church will flourish for a long time to come'