Lot 42
  • 42

A Silesian goblet and a cover with a view of the Riesengebirge Riesengebirge, circa 1760

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • 25cm., 9 7/8 in.
the flared ogee bowl engraved with named topographical features including Girsberg, Warmbrunn and Petersdorf in the foreground, the reverse inscribed des Hertzens Glück bleib ungestöhret daß seinen Nächsten nicht bekränckt. Mit Lust der seinen Freude mehret der Milde Nahmen führt und klug und milde denckt, flanked by rococo scrolls, the base cut and gilt with palmettes, gilt rim, set on a faceted knopped stem, the foot with chamfered rim, stiff-leaf border and circlet of polished ovals on the base, the matched domed cover with gilt bud finial

Provenance

Helfried Krug Collection, Baden-Baden, his sale, Sotheby's London, 14th March 1983, lot 787

Literature

Brigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug, vol. 1, pp.160-161, no.238

Condition

Two chips to foot rim
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