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Provenance: Anthony Waugh collection, acquired 1st January, 1979,. Formerly sold by Christie's 28th October 1969, lot 165. Exhibited: Three Hundred Years of British Glass 1675-1975, no. 205, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museum, 1975. This glass is one of a series of 'Liberties' or 'Freedom' glasses engraved by David Wolff at The Hague. It refers to the creation of the Batavian Republic formed by Dutch Revolutionaries in 1795 with the help of the French, symbolised by the lion and putto respectively. The hat is a Dutch rendering of the Phyrigian cap, given in ancient Roman times to newly-emancipated slaves, and widely adopted by the French as a revolutionary symbol. Another version of this subject by David Wolff, including an inscription, was sold by Phillips, 16th September 1998, lot 46. Two signed examples are known, both dated 1795, one formerly in the Muhsam Collection and now in the Art Institute of Chicago, the other formerly in the Strauss Collection, now in the Corning Museum, New York
