Michiel de Ruyter’s Goblet, Nicolaes Loockemans, 1667 cup Golden cup with loose, wide clock -shaped lid (without a button). The lid, the underside of the head, the shaft and the foot richly engraved with leaf motifs and decorated with white and black enamel. On the top of the lid is in email showing a lion climbing to the left (Wapen van Holland). The head is equipped with an ongoing Frisian in colored email on which the events during the trip to Chatham, from 20-23 June 1667 are displayed. The performance starts with the attack on the Fort of Sheerness ('Shirnasse'). Signed, marked, inscripti
Michiel de Ruyter’s Goblet, Nicolaes Loockemans, 1667 cup Golden cup with loose, wide clock -shaped lid (without a button). The lid, the underside of the head, the shaft and the foot richly engraved with leaf motifs and decorated with white and black enamel. On the top of the lid is in email showing a lion climbing to the left (Wapen van Holland). The head is equipped with an ongoing Frisian in colored email on which the events during the trip to Chatham, from 20-23 June 1667 are displayed. The performance starts with the attack on the Fort of Sheerness ('Shirnasse'). Signed, marked, inscription. Cup donated to Lieutenant Admiraal de Ruyter on November 7, 1667. gold (metal). striking (metalworking) / engraving battle (+ sailing-ships). Raid on the Medway Chatham
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