Cup with the Middelweg (the current Middenweg) in Diemen, Facet-cut, conical foot with scalloped edge. Facet-cut baluster-shaped trunk with three knots. Funnel shaped chalice with facet cut, rounded bottom. Vaulted, profiled lid with a pointed button composed of two facet-cut buttons. The chalice, in a cartouche of volutes and foam collars, shows a view of the Middelweg (the current Middenweg) in Diemen, seen from the intersection of the Ringdijk and the Outewaler bridge. At the intersection, at the beginning of the road, is a toll gate with the arms of the city of Amsterdam on the left pillar and an unreadable text on the right. Both pillars are crowned by a lantern and stand next to a guardhouse. Behind the fence is a rectangular square with the Rechthuis on the right and a row of houses on the left. There is a row of trees on both sides of the road. Above the show, within the cartouche, is the text: RENATA FLOREAT. On the reverse side a similar cartouche with a representation of a lake surrounded by a reed collar. Above the text: EX UNDIS. The glass is signed on the underside of the base: Jacob Sang, // Fec: Amsterdam // 1768, Diemen, Amsterdam, Watergraafsmeer, anonymous, 1768, glass, glassblowing, h 29.0 cm × d 11.1 cm d 10.1 cm

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