A Silesian armorial beaker with a view of Breslau probably Breslau, circa 1680

the thick-walled flared form engraved with a panoramic scene within a pair of tied berried palm fronds, the reverse with the coat-of-arms of Breslau, the base inscribed C.S.K. on the polished pontil

Dietmar Zoedler, Schlesisches Glas - Schlesische Gläser, p.76, pl.27

generally in good condition
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The scene is based on an engraved view by Matthaeus Merian, circa 1650, from the Topographia Bohemiæ, Moraviæ et Silesiæ series (See Zoedler, op.cit., p.78, pl.29). The author suggests that the initials C.S.K. may be those of a member of the glass engraving family of Kahl.