Chalice with a portrait of Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff and a view of Leiden, Vaulted foot. Baluster-shaped trunk with three knots. Funnel-shaped chalice with a slightly outstanding mouth edge and a rounded bottom. On the chalice the siege of Leiden in 1573. In the foreground a army camp where an angel, armed with a sword, determines the outcome of the battle set in the background for the city walls. On the right the Marekerk. Below the image: VT. On the reverse, on a pedestal, the portrait of the mayor of Leiden Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, above


Chalice with a portrait of Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff and a view of Leiden, Vaulted foot. Baluster-shaped trunk with three knots. Funnel-shaped chalice with a slightly outstanding mouth edge and a rounded bottom. On the chalice the siege of Leiden in 1573. In the foreground a army camp where an angel, armed with a sword, determines the outcome of the battle set in the background for the city walls. On the right the Marekerk. Below the image: VT. On the reverse, on a pedestal, the portrait of the mayor of Leiden Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, above which the inscription: THIS VANDE WERF THAT STANDED PAL / SO WALK WITHIN WALK / FOR CHURCH AND RELIGION / AND MUTE WITH SYN MOUTH BALDEUS WAR LIST / PEST HUNGER BURGER TWIST / AND RIP FROM THEIR FIRE / FREEDOM OF LAND, Leiden, Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, anonymous, c. 1725 - c. 1750, glass, glassblowing, h cm × d cm


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