Lidded goblet with portrait of Queen Sophie Dorothea of Prussia Potsdam, c. 1735 Colorless glass with gilded cut and cut decoration. On disc foot with demolition and on lid each a deepened cut rosette. The peeled stem is decorated centrally all around with high cut tongue fields and deep cut olives. On the funnel-shaped dome deeply cut profile portrait of Queen Sophie Dorothee of Prussia framed by eagles, cornucopias, laurel and palm branches, above Prussian eagle and crown . On lid with strong gilded knob tongue cut rosette, fruit basket with laurel branches and crossed flower branches. Very careful decorative work. Slightly glassy, gilding partially flaked off. H. 30,5 cm An almost identical lidded goblet is described and illustrated in the Rudolf von Strasser collection, listed under no. 145. Sophie Dorothea (1687-1757) was the only daughter of Hereditary Prince George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who ascended the English throne as George I in 1714. Her marriage to the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick William I (the later ''Soldier King'') on November 14, 1706, led to the family alliance between the Hohenzollerns and the Guelph dynasty. Of the fifteen children with whom the marriage was blessed, five died very young. The longed-for heir to the throne, later Frederick II the Great, was born in 1712. Versatile, well-read and musical, Sophie Dorothea was a friend of the fine arts. With her, the young, musically gifted Frederick found understanding and often secret refuge.