Object Detail
Description
goblet with a funnel-shaped bowl, above a composite stem wine goblet, round funnel bowl, wheel engraved, knopped section over an inverted baluster stem, conical foot.
The bowl is finely wheel engraved and inscribed with a continuous panel completely encircling the bowl that depicts a country estate, or of a plantation. The scene comprises a manor house with a number of plantation buildings, orchards, fields, farm animals and workers.
The bowl is inscribed “‘HET GROEYEN BLOEYEN VAN DE PLANTAGIE. CORNELIUS BURG” may translate to the “Growing and Blooming of the Plantation. Cornelius Burg”.
The goblet is signed and dated and engraved under the foot ‘J. Sang’ / ‘1770’
There are two goblets recorded with engraved scenes of plantations in 18th century Dutch Surinam, it is likely that the scene on the Collection’s goblet is also of such a plantation.
The bowl is finely wheel engraved and inscribed with a continuous panel completely encircling the bowl that depicts a country estate, or of a plantation. The scene comprises a manor house with a number of plantation buildings, orchards, fields, farm animals and workers.
The bowl is inscribed “‘HET GROEYEN BLOEYEN VAN DE PLANTAGIE. CORNELIUS BURG” may translate to the “Growing and Blooming of the Plantation. Cornelius Burg”.
The goblet is signed and dated and engraved under the foot ‘J. Sang’ / ‘1770’
There are two goblets recorded with engraved scenes of plantations in 18th century Dutch Surinam, it is likely that the scene on the Collection’s goblet is also of such a plantation.
Maker and role
engraver: Jacob Sang (German, b.circa 1720, d.1786)
glassworks
glassworks
Production place
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Newcastle on Tyne, England
Newcastle on Tyne, England
Production date
circa 1750
Media description
glass (wheel-engraved)
Measurements
height 203 x (dia base) 96 x (dia top) 90 mm
Inscriptions
The bowl is also inscribed: ‘HET GROEYEN BLOEYEN VAN DE PLANTAGIE. CORNELIUS BURG’ (‘Growing and Blooming of the Plantation. Cornelius Burg’).
The goblet is signed under the foot: ‘J.Sang’ and dated 1770.
The goblet is signed under the foot: ‘J.Sang’ and dated 1770.
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0410
TJC reference number
515
