Tulip Fever by Henk Looijesteijn Gifts and didn't happen when the

and didn't happen when the market crashed in February 1637

Size: 13cm x 9cm / 5" x 3

It has a flare at the top making it very pleasant to drink out of and holds 0

the artist applying layer by layer to achieve the final look

housed in a round tin

Tulip Fever by Henk Looijesteijn Gifts and didn't happen when theStories about the tulip fever of 1636 37 paint an astonishing picture, yet the truth is rather more prosaic. No one bought a house on an Amsterdam waterfront for the price of a tulip bulb, there were no sensational bankruptcies and no one leaped to a tragic death in a canal. The highest bid for a Viceroy tulip bulb in February 1637 4,200 guilders was likely never paid, since that was when the market crashed. Why the market crashed is a mystery. A