Southern Netherlands, the round funnel bowl decorated to one side with the profile bust of Charles II of Spain looking to dexter, two winged putti blowing trumpets holding a crown above his head, the opposing side with the crowned arms of the Emperor flanked by pendant garlands of fruit and flowers, set on a tall multi-knopped stem incorporating two hollow inverted balusters divided by mereses, the wide folded conical foot and domed cover engraved with floral and foliate garlands, the cover with a twisted ring finial on a hollow flattened knop, 32.5cm high (2)

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Provenance
Sotheby's sale, 25 November 1997, lot 426

This belongs to a rare group of glass attributed to the Southern Netherlands. Charles II (1661-1700), King of Spain and the Indies, succeeded his father Philip IV in 1665. He was the last monarch of the House of Austria in Spain. Upon ascending the throne, his administration had to end the long-running Portuguese Restoration War. In 1668 the Treaty of Lisbon accepted the restoration of the Crown of Portugal and the loss of the Portuguese Empire. The arms on this goblet, which include the inescutcheon of the Portuguese Empire, were therefore used by the King for only a very short period between 1665 and 1668. A goblet of very similar form engraved with lovers, but lacking its cover, is in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Early Wheel Engraving in The Netherlands, Journal of Glass Studies, Vol.26 (1984), p.101, fig.44.

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