Twisted stem glass with a wedding scene Garland glass with a man and a woman, reaching out to each other above an altar, conical foot with pontil brand. The trunk made up of a baluster and two nodi. A double white pendulum in the baluster. Funnel-shaped chalice rounded at the bottom. The chalice depicts a man and a woman who reach out to each other above an altar with a burning heart on it. Above the scene a halo from which God pours out a cornucopia. Below the altar two turtle doves, a torch, a bundle of arrows and a bow. Next to the man a rose and next to the woman a lily. On the reverse, the following poem is written: 'This is how God's blessing flows out of the Clouds, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1775 and/or 1796, glass, glassblowing, h 18.9 cm × d 8 cm
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