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A North Bohemian transparent-enamelled beaker with view of the spa water at Karlsbad circa 1850-60
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- 13.2cm., 5¼in.
the waisted cylindrical form painted with an interior view of bubbling and steaming water, inscribed in gilding Der Sprudel in Carlsbad below, within a gilt rectangular panel, the reverse with the tooled gilt crest of the city within tied leaf fronds and below a gilt band with meandering vine tendril, gilt-edged rim, the cogwheel foot heightened in gilding, with star-cut base
Provenance
With Weinmüller, Munich
Neumeister Auctions, Munich, 1976
Neumeister Auctions, Munich, 1976
Literature
Dietmar Zoedler, 'Zur Geschichte der böhmischen Glasdekoration: Karlsbader Vedutengläser', Weltkunst, 1st August 1990, no.15, p.2261, fig.6
Rudolf von Strasser, Die Einschreibebüchlein, p.28, figs.16a and 16b
Rudolf von Strasser, Die Einschreibebüchlein, p.28, figs.16a and 16b