Lot 43
  • 43

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

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 17.9cm., 7in.
the deep ogee bowl with gilt rim and faceted base engraved with a panoramic view, inscribed over the view Riesen Koppe, Samuels Bau, Mittags Stein, groß Sturm Haube, Kinast, Schnögruben, Schläsische Baude, Schreiberhau, Petersdorf, Hernsdorf, Kihnmühl, Warmbrunn, Giersdorf, Hirschberg, Anna Kirch, the reverse with a scrolling cartouche enclosing an inscription Wenn anders soll mein Wunsch in die Erfüllung gehn, so müße Gelück und Heyl stets umb die deinen stehn, all above a pair of gilt opposing scrolls, set on a faceted knopped stem, the conical foot with stiff-leaf border and circlet of polished ovals to the base

Provenance

Auktions Galerie Stuker, Bern, no.13, 27th November 1968,  lot 91
Helfried Krug Collection, Baden-Baden, his sale, Sotheby's London, 14th March 1983, lot 816

Literature

Brigitte Klesse, Glassamlung Helfried Krug, vol.2, p.135, no.604

Condition

small chip to foot rim
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Catalogue Note

See Franz-Adrian Dreier, 'Stichvorlagen und Zeichnungen zu den Gläsern Christian Gottfried Schneiders', Journal of Glass Studies, vol.VII, 1965, p.76, pl.34