A North Bohemian transparent-enamelled beaker with a view of Carlsbad before 1828

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

11cm., 4 3/8 in.

the waisted cylindrical form painted with a gilt titled view of a bridge over a river, inscribed below Das Mühlbad und def Neubrunn Carlsbad, all within a rectangular amber-stained panel with gilt foliate decoration, the reverse with a gilt band with meandering vine tendril, below a gilt-edged rim, over a cogwheel foot with part amber-stained star-cut base

Provenance

with Löwe, 1971

Literature

Dietmar Zoedler, 'Zur Geschichte der böhmischen Glasdekoration: Karlsbader Vedutengläser, Weltkunst, no.15, 1st August 1990, pp.2260-2261, fig.4.

Catalogue Note

The view lacks features of the buildings which were only introduced between 1825 and 1827-28. From this one must assume that the painting was probably undertaken prior to 1828.