Lot 9
  • 9

A Nuremberg engraved goblet with a view of Nuremberg attributed to Georg Friedrich Killinger, circa 1710

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

Description

  • 21cm., 8¼in.
the large funnel bowl finely engraved with a continuous panoramic view of the city and bearing its coat-of-arms in three oval panels on one side and a rayed sun and cloud on the reverse with polished centre, set on a spirally-twisted baluster stem flanked by several collars above a wide conical foot

Condition

Generally in good condition
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Catalogue Note

For comparable examples by Killinger, see that illustrated by Erich Meyer-Heisig, Der Nürnberger Glasschnitt, WT 198 and for the armorials WT 98 (by Hermann Schwinger)