# Goblet for Henricus Zwaardecroon

- By: Alger Mensma (Leeuwarden, 1682–na 1)
- Date: 1729
- Medium: gold (metal)
- Classification: goblet
- Dimensions: height 45.2 cm x diameter 13.9 cm x weight 2008 g
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-NM-588--67b60f3f096a6efc838c1b833f7f04c6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/chKOM/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This cup was intended as a gift from the VOC (Dutch East India Company) to former Governor-General Henricus Zwaardecroon (1667-1728), but because he died before the showpiece could be delivered, it remained in the donor’s possession. Gods and goddesses of the sea reference the overseas territories in Asia, the chief products from which are depicted on the lid. Zwaardecroon introduced the coffee plant from South America and the silk caterpillar from China in Java.