Two Dutch engraved wine glasses, mid-18th centuryComprising a moulded-stem glass, the pointed round funnel bowl decorated with the White Horse of Hanover rearing up on a sward, inscribed 'VIVAT land hadeln' (Long Live Land Hadeln) below the rim, over a six-sided pedestal stem and folded conical foot, 17.2cm high, together with a Saxon glass, the thistle bowl with a solid faceted base, decorated with a formal cartouche containing a three-masted sailing ship, flanked by scrollwork and floral sprays, the reverse inscribed 'HET LANS WEELVARN' (The Prosperity of the Country), on a wide faceted teared inverted baluster stem, the spreading foot folded at the footrim, 18cm highFootnotesProvenance Chris Crabtree Collection Land Hadeln, a Peasant Republic in the northern most region of Lower Saxony, was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hanover in 1731 and annexed in 1763.
Two Dutch engraved wine glasses, mid-18th centuryComprising a moulded-stem glass, the pointed round funnel bowl decorated with the White Horse of Hanover rearing up on a sward, inscribed 'VIVAT land hadeln' (Long Live Land Hadeln) below the rim, over a six-sided pedestal stem and folded conical foot, 17.2cm high, together with a Saxon glass, the thistle bowl with a solid faceted base, decorated with a formal cartouche containing a three-masted sailing ship, flanked by scrollwork and floral sprays, the reverse inscribed 'HET LANS WEELVARN' (The Prosperity of the Country), on a wide faceted teared inverted baluster stem, the spreading foot folded at the footrim, 18cm highFootnotesProvenance Chris Crabtree Collection Land Hadeln, a Peasant Republic in the northern most region of Lower Saxony, was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hanover in 1731 and annexed in 1763.
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