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A Silesian engraved armorial goblet Riesengebirge, Hirschberger Tal, circa 1715
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- 19.4cm., 7 5/8 in.
the faceted funnel bowl engraved with the initial W below a coronet within an elaborate cartouche, the reverse with a coat-of-arms flanked by allegorical figures seated on ledges, the reserve filled with formal geometric foliate scroll, masks, birds and vases, above a band of chevrons, the rim with lambrequin border, over a faceted knopped stem and wide conical foot engraved with foliate scroll
Provenance
Fischer Auktions, Heilbronn, 16th October 1999, lot 226
Literature
Siebmachers Wappenbuch, Teil III, table 195
Catalogue Note
The arms are those of a family from Lubeck, possibly a branch of the Moren family. Gustav Pazaurek illustrates a glass with the same coat-of-arms, Die Gläsersammlung des Nordböhmischen Museums in Reichenberg, pl.15c.