Chalice with a representation of a boy and a girl with an open bird cage, Vaulted, hollow base of silver, with lobed edge, engraved in neo-rococo motifs. Half of the stem is also made of silver with a button engraved with tendrils. The glass part of the trunk is baluster-shaped and facet-cut. Conical chalice rounded at the bottom. In the bowl a boy and a girl on either side of an open bird cage. A bird sits on the cage under a banderolle with the text: AUREA LIBERTAS. Trees on both sides., anonymous, c. 1760 - c. 1780, glass, silver (metal), glassblowing, h 22.6 cm × d 8.9 cm
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Chalice, representation, boy, girl, open bird cage, Vaulted, hollow base, black-and-white, lobed edge, engraved, neo-rococo motifs, Half, stem, button engraved, tendrils, glass part, trunk, baluster-shaped, facet-cut, Conical chalice rounded, bottom, bowl, side, bird sits, cage under, banderolle, text, AUREA LIBERTAS, Trees, sides, c, 1760, 1780, glass, metal, glassblowing
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