Goblet Commemorating the Seven United Provinces and Prince William IV, Governor of the Netherlands
date: label: Date
content: 1747
notes: label: Description
content: Large wineglass with a rounded funnel bowl. The stem has a three-ringed knob on a six-sided 'Silezian stem' and two mereses. Domed foot.
label: Description
content: On the bowl a wheel-engraving of a Dutch maiden, an allegorical figure symbolizing the Netherlands. Here she is depicted as the Lady of Liberty, leaning on a pedestal with the bible and in her right hand a lance with the 'Hat of Liberty'. Behind her the Dutch Lion who holds in one paw a sword; in the other, seven arrows, symbolizing the Seven Provinces.
label: Description
content: On the other side of the bowl is depicted the coat of arms of William IV of Orange. The seven coats of arms of the Dutch Provinces meander between (and over) the Lady and the coat of arms of William IV: Utrecht, Holland, Overijssel, Gelderland, Zeeland, Friesland and Groningen. These arms are connected by a banderole with the inscription CON / CORDIA / RES / PARVAE / CRES / CUNT ("Through solidarity, small things will flourish"). This was the device of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. On the foot a decoration of stylized flowers and leaves.
place: label: probably manufactured in
content: England
label: used in
content: Netherlands
label: designed in
content: Netherlands
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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: 2021-9-7
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.: 22.5 × 10.4 cm (8 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)