. Glass. in funnel-shaped, glass(Slade, No. 889) we have on one side the arms of Eng-land and Orange-Nassau impaled, on the other is aportrait of a lady in the costume of the middle of theseventeenth century, doubtless the counterfeit of Mary,Princess of Orange, the daughter of Charles i. It is toher that we must refer the inscription in Gothic letters,^ Het JVelvaren Van De Princes! In these Dutchglasses scratched with the diamond may be found per- ^ There is a portrait of her in the National Gallery by Jan Lievens. See, forsome account of her strange life, the note in the Official Catalogue
. Glass. in funnel-shaped, glass(Slade, No. 889) we have on one side the arms of Eng-land and Orange-Nassau impaled, on the other is aportrait of a lady in the costume of the middle of theseventeenth century, doubtless the counterfeit of Mary,Princess of Orange, the daughter of Charles i. It is toher that we must refer the inscription in Gothic letters,^ Het JVelvaren Van De Princes! In these Dutchglasses scratched with the diamond may be found per- ^ There is a portrait of her in the National Gallery by Jan Lievens. See, forsome account of her strange life, the note in the Official Catalogue (p. 305).Another supposed portrait of this lady in the same collection is by Gerard Dou. ^ The Beaker with the seasons in the British Museum (Plate xliii.) is anexample of the more elaborate work of these Dutch designers with the though the inscription on this glass is in English, the decoration is undoubtedlyby a member of the school of Roemer Vischer. The beaker is dated PLATsI XLin. ^\ ## %
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