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Beaker with Self Portrait of Glass Engraver Adriaen Hoevenaar

Beaker with Self Portrait of Glass Engraver Adriaen Hoevenaar

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Object Name: 
Beaker with Self Portrait of Glass Engraver Adriaen Hoevenaar
Department
European
Place Made: 
England (glass) The Netherlands (engraving)
Date: 
1804
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.1 cm, Diam (base): 6.1 cm, Diam (rim): 7.5 cm
Accession Number: 
2008.3.13
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless glass; blown, engraved. Sub-concial beaker with thick base. Diamond-point and stippled engraving: ornamental band below rim; cartouche with profile portrait of Adrianus Hoevenaar, with laural wreath border; smaller shield with border of diamonds, spindles, and beads, bearing monogram "AH" framed by putto with branch of oak leaves in one hand and banderol with number "40" in other hand, and an oak shoot. Garland of roses with inscription "11.September" and "1804".
Inscription
11. September 1804 Engraved Around the top edge under ornamental band
AH Engraved In the center of a cartouche
Provenance
Frides Lameris Kunst en Antiekhandel V.O.F., Source to
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2008 (2009) illustrated, p. 10;

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