A Silesian beaker with a view of a Turkish battle scene Riesengebirge, circa 1710

the flared form engraved on one side with a rider before marching troops and a military encampment, below a half-risen sun, the reverse with a Turkish battle scene, a city in the background, both within oval line panels and flanked by martial trophies, within line borders

Fischer Auktions, Heilbronn, 15th October 1988, lot 351

Dietmar Zoedler, Schlesisches Glas - Schlesische Gläser, p.81, fig.31

small chip to rim, otherwise in good condition
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Compare with the example in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Cologne (see catalogue, 1973, no.262).