34 - Rare lidded goblet with an erotic scene. Colorless glass, ground and cut. Conical bowl with a baluster shaft resting on a disc-shaped base. Dome-shaped lid with a faceted, acorn-shaped knob. On the side, a finely engraved depiction of a female nude figure, toward whom a little Cupid with a broom is climbing up a ladder; above it, the corresponding motto: “Though I am small, I still sweep clean.” Circumferential pointed-leaf borders at the base of the cup and on the foot; a polished beaded frieze along the rim; a radial scale pattern on the lid. Total height: 26.5 cm.

Rare lidded goblet with an erotic scene. Colorless glass, ground and cut. Conical bowl with a baluster shaft resting on a disc-shaped base. Dome-shaped lid with a faceted, acorn-shaped knob. On the side, a finely engraved depiction of a female nude figure, toward whom a little Cupid with a broom is climbing up a ladder; above it, the corresponding motto: “Though I am small, I still sweep clean.” Circumferential pointed-leaf borders at the base of the cup and on the foot; a polished beaded frieze along the rim; a radial scale pattern on the lid. Total height: 26.5 cm. A goblet comparable in cut and decoration is held in the Krug Collection. See Birgit Klesse 1965, Krug Collection, Vol. 1, No. 263. A Potsdam or Berlin cut and engraved glass goblet and cover with an erotic scene and motto. German. Potsdam or Berlin. Probably Gottfried Spiller. Circa 1720.