Wine glass commemorating the wedding and birthday of Elisabeth van de Wall

Elisabeth van de Wall married on her birthday. This glass was engraved thirteen years later to celebrate her anniversary and 37th birthday. Translation of inscription: 21 February 1705 [and] 21 .Febru.1729 / When Van de Wall with Steen, / Forged her heart and fate to one, / It was the very day on which / Her life on earth had begun. / That occasion is now commemorated, / And I am carried ‘round, / Brimful one moment, / And then soon empty found. / A sign of friendship shown by all, / To Steen and Van de Wall. / H. Zweerts. 1742.

Wine glass commemorating the wedding and birthday of Elisabeth van de Wall

Elisabeth van de Wall married on her birthday. This glass was engraved thirteen years later to celebrate her anniversary and 37th birthday. Translation of inscription: 21 February 1705 [and] 21 .Febru.1729 / When Van de Wall with Steen, / Forged her heart and fate to one, / It was the very day on which / Her life on earth had begun. / That occasion is now commemorated, / And I am carried ‘round, / Brimful one moment, / And then soon empty found. / A sign of friendship shown by all, / To Steen and Van de Wall. / H. Zweerts. 1742.