Cup with personifications of the four continents, inserted soil. Cylindrical body. The four continents are depicted on the body. Europe is personified by the Amsterdam mayor Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661), with a feathered hat, standing in front of his Goudesteijn country house, in a landscape with cows and swans. His left hand rests on an oval shield with his weapon, and he stands on a plinth with the inscription EUROPE. In the background on the right a carriage drawn by horses. Asia is personified by a man with a turban and a staff in his right hand. It stands on a plinth with the inscription ASIA in a landscape with trees, a monkey and a dromedary. Africa is personified by a man in an animal skin, seen from behind, in a landscape with palms, an elephant, a lying camel, a walking bird and mountains. In his right hand he holds an arrow, in his left hand a bow, on his back is an arrow quiver. It stands on a plinth with the inscription AFRICA. America is personified by a man with a feather headdress, an arrow quiver on the back, a bow and arrow in the left hand and a parrot in the right hand. It stands on a plinth with the inscription AMERICA on the banks of a river in a landscape with trees, a monkey, a fox and two dogs (?). On the river a man in a rowing boat, on the other side of the river two men are busy with a roasting spit. The four scenes are separated from each other by means of columns, which are connected to each other by volutes. On the capitals of the columns, starting with the column to the left of Europe, are a peacock, a pelican and a parrot. Among the performances a continuous band with the inscription: THIS ZYN FOUR PARTS RYCK OF TREASURES VOLCK AND STEDE: HAER HEIL EXISTS IN THE EARTH DRIVE FLOWERS BY PEACE 1660, America represented allegorically, 'America' (Ripa), Red Indians, American Indians, Amsterdam, Joan Huydecoper van Maarseveen (I), anonymous, 1660, glass, glassblowing, h 8.7 cm × d 9.3 cm d 7.7 cm

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