18. A composite stem goblet with very fine wheel engraving by Jacob Sang of Amsterdam (c. 1769).

The large round funnel bowl is superbly engraved with the coats of arms of two families. The one with three bears is for the Beere Family of Flanders, the other with a duck/goose(?) for the Beck family of Heilbron Retlingan Essling. Are we seeing some comical use of the engraving here: bears for Beere, ducks for Beck (beak)? Engraved below the bird is QVACQ (could this be quack????). This tall and handsome composite stem goblet has been signed and dated by Sang on the pontil mark and is still discernable though defaced. Ex North Carolina Museum of Art.