Lot 44
  • 44

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

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 18cm., 7 1/8 in.
the faceted deep ogee bowl engraved with a panoramic view of the city and the Riesengebirge inscribed BRESLAV within a banderole above, mountains and lake to one side inscribed WARMBAD, further vignettes with town views each inscribed Hirschberg, Riesen Kop, Landes Hut and Kynast, flanked by large columns, below a gilt-edged rim, over a faceted knop and plain section with conical foot engraved with a stiff-leaf border, rosette-cut base

Provenance

Helfried Krug Collection, Baden-Baden, his sale, Sotheby's London, 14th March 1983, lot 812

Literature

Brigitte Klesse, Sammlung Helfried Krug, Vol.1, pp.158-159, no.237
Dietmar Zoedler, Schlesisches Glas -Schlesische Gläser, p.121, pl.53

Condition

Generally in good condition
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