Title
Drinking glasses depicting the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia
Year/Period
18th century
Region
Europe - The Netherlands
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2019-00537
Collection of
Engraved drinking glass was very popular in the Netherlands in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The engravings usually commemorate births, weddings, political events, and about trade enterprises. The bodies of these drinking glasses were engraved with scenes of floral and fauna, large trading ships, and tropical islands. The inscription states the destination of the voyage by the Dutch traders; one glass is inscribed with Batavia and the other mentioned, Cape of Good Hope. These were two key trading outposts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC; Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
