A Dutch-engraved East India Company baluster goblet c.1750

A Dutch-engraved East India Company baluster goblet c.1750, the round funnel bowl engraved with a three-masted ship at sail, the reverse with the monogram 'VOC' beneath the letter A, within tied branches, the rim inscribed 'Het Wel Vaaren Van De Ost Indishe Compagnie', raised on an inverted baluster stem beneath a beaded knop, above a conical foot, 17.5cm.

Cf. Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses, pp.95-96, pl.139 for a similar example from the A C Hubbard Collection.