Wine Glass Commemorating Prince William V (1748–1806), Governor of the Netherlands, and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751–1820)
date: label: Date
content: 1767–1775
notes: label: Description
content: Wine glass with a rounded funnel bowl. The remarkably narrow stem consists of a baluster knob with two rows of inserted air bubbles, underneath which is a small flattened knob, a straight part and a swelling with inserted air drop. Conical foot.
label: Description
content: On the bowl hanging from a crown are the coats of arms of William V and his wife Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia. Around the coat of arms of William a stylized garter with his motto: HONI SOIT QUI MALY PENSE ("Shame on anyone who thinks evil of it"). The coats of arms are held by two wild roaring lions, one laying and one standing. Underneath very fine engraved clouds.
place: label: designed in
content: Netherlands
label: used in
content: Netherlands
label: probably manufactured in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Beatrice Taplin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2021-9-5
objectType: label: Type
content: glasswares
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: drinking glass
label: Type
content: drinking glass
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lead glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 20.9 × 8.6 cm (8 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)