The round funnel bowl solid at the base, finely decorated with the White Horse of Hanover rearing up on a sward, inscribed 'AUREA LIBERTAS' in diamond-point below, the stem with a teared angular knop over a teared ball knop and folded conical foot, 17.6cm high, the footrim with inventory number 'INV.9646' in black

Footnotes

This glass belongs to a small but distinct group of English heavy baluster glasses of very similar size and form with wheel-engraved decoration and diamond-point inscriptions in Latin. A comparable goblet depicting David and Goliath with the inscription 'AMICITAE', possibly by the same hand, was sold by Bonhams on 20 May 2015, lot 31 and is illustrated by Dwight Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), pp.140-1, no.41. Lanmon states that the quality of the engraving suggests the work of someone trained on the Continent, and whilst most Dutch-engraved glasses bear wheel-engraved inscriptions, inscriptions in diamond-point are known and are not a uniquely English feature.

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