Lot 15
  • 15

A Silesian 'Hochschnitt' goblet Friedrich Winter's workshop, Hermsdorf, circa 1720

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 14.2cm., 5 5/8 in.
the thistle-shaped bowl cut with six panels in which there are pastoral scenes and calligraphy within elaborate Laub-und bandelwerk panels, the shaped foot with rosette-cut base

Provenance

The Rinceaux Collection, sold Sotheby's Olympia, 18th December 2001, lot 126

Condition

several chips around the outside of rim
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Catalogue Note

Compare with the example illustrated by Robert Schmidt, Das Glas, 1922, fig.167. See also Rudolf von Strasser and Walter Spiegl, Dekoriertes Glas, no.119 and that example in the collection of the National Museum of Bavaria (Rainer Rückert, catalogue, no.769).