Cup with carved bands and gilded rosettes, glass, ca. 1575-1625.
Description
A richly decorated glass drinking cup. The rosette decoration contains blue cobalt oxide and remains of gold leaf. This cup was found in the waste pit of the home of the rector of the Grote School, during the excavation of the Hof van de lords of Arkel and the Great School at the Chalk Street (2002).
The Breakfast, Adriaen van Ostade (circa 1647 – 1652)
Details
| Description: | The cup curves slightly at the top. The bottom is convex and finished with a notched blue foot band. Around the wall are three notched bands, between which are gilded rosettes with turquoise blue around the edge and in the center, type gl-bek-34a |
| Material: | Glass, gold |
| Production: | Netherlands or Germany |
| Dating: | ca. 1575-1650 |
| Dimensions: | 16 x 10 x 7 cm (hxwx bottom diameter) |
| Location: | Gorinchem, Krijtstraat 6-12, Court Arkels & Big School (2002) |
| Find number: | GOKS02V |
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Takes place
| Archis number(s): | Case identification: 2010210100 Research notification: 2920 |
| Topographic Map: | 38G |
| Coordinates: | 126.380/426.840 (center) |
| Toponym: | Krijtstraat |
| City: | Gorinchem |
| Local authority: | Gorinchem |
| Province: | Zuid-Holland |
| Type of research: | Archaeological excavation |
| Executor: | Baac BV |
| Project Manager: | RJM from Genabeek |
| Client: | Municipality of Gorinchem |
| Competent authority: | National Service for Archaeological Heritage |
| Start of investigation: | 12 August 2002 |
| Finds & documentation: | Municipal depot for archaeology Gorinchem |
| IN: | https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zr9-cq67 |
Documentation
 | Broeken, A. (2006) Learning and playing at the Great and Latin School, in: Gorcumse grondschatten. Archeological quest for the history of the Arkelstad, Gorcum Monument Series 5, Gorinchem, p. 57-61. flipbook | PDF (3 MB) |
 | Genabeek, R.J.M. van, with contributions by J.T. Zeiler, DC Brinkhuizen and H. van Haaster (2005) Gorinchem Krijtstraat. Definitive Archaeological Research, BAAC report 02.060, 's-Hertogenbosch, p. 43. flipbook | PDF (47,44 MB) |
 | Henkes, HE (1994) Glass without gloss. Five centuries of utility glass excavated in the Low Countries 1300-1800, Rotterdam Papers 9, Rotterdam, p. 151-156. WorldCat |
 | Isings, I., Lägers, H., Kam, R. de, Rauws, G. (2009) Magnificent! Twenty centuries of glass from Utrecht soil, Utrecht, p. 90-91. WorldCat |
| Material: | Glass |
| Period: | Modern Period A: 1500-1650 AD |
| Application: | Eat & Drink |
| Location: | Krijtstraat (2002) |
