Chalice with a portrait of Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff and a view of Leiden, Vaulted foot. Baluster-shaped trunk with three knots. Funnel-shaped chalice with a slightly outstanding mouth edge and a rounded bottom. On the chalice the siege of Leiden in 1573. In the foreground a army camp where an angel, armed with a sword, determines the outcome of the battle set in the background for the city walls. On the right the Marekerk. Below the image: VT. SANCHERIB.A.IERUSALEM 2.Reg.19. On the reverse, on a pedestal, the portrait of the mayor of Leiden Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, above which the inscription: THIS VANDE WERF THAT STANDED PAL / SO WALK WITHIN WALK / FOR CHURCH AND RELIGION / AND MUTE WITH SYN MOUTH BALDEUS WAR LIST / PEST HUNGER BURGER TWIST / AND RIP FROM THEIR FIRE / FREEDOM OF LAND, Leiden, Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, anonymous, c. 1725 - c. 1750, glass, glassblowing, h 22.5 cm × d 9.5 cm
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Chalice, portrait, Pieter Adriaansz, van der Werff, view, Leiden, Vaulted foot, Baluster-shaped trunk, three knots, Funnel-shaped chalice, slightly outstanding mouth edge, rounded bottom, chalice, siege, 1573, foreground, army camp, angel, armed, sword, determines, outcome, battle set, background, city walls, right, Marekerk, image, VT, SANCHERIB.A.IERUSALEM 2 Reg 19, reverse, pedestal, mayor, Leiden Pieter Adriaansz, inscription, THIS VANDE WERF THAT STANDED PAL, SO WALK WITHIN WALK, FOR CHURCH, RELIGION, MUTE, SYN MOUTH BALDEUS WAR LIST, PEST HUNGER BURGER TWIST, RIP, THEIR FIRE, FREEDOM, LAND, c, 1725, 1750, glass, glassblowing
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