AN EXTENSIVE BOHEMIAN AMBER-TINTED ENGRAVED GLASS HUNTING SERVICE, CIRCA 1870

AN EXTENSIVE BOHEMIAN AMBER-TINTED ENGRAVED GLASS HUNTING SERVICE, CIRCA 1870

intaglio engraved with scenes of hunters with their hounds in pursuit of deer, bears and birds in woodland, the plates each with a central engraved vignette of an animal in a landscape, the fluted edges with engraved arched panels, comprising:

16 dinner plates, 11 1/8 in., 28.2 cm diam.;

16 shallow soup plates, 10 1/8 in., 25.7 cm diam.; 

16 plates, 8 3/4 in., 22.2 diam.;

5 bread and butter plates, 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm diam.;

2 beakers, 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm high; 

13 beakers, 5 1/2 in., 13.9 cm high;

12 beakers, 3 1/2 in., 8.9 cm high;

16 wine, 5 3/8 in., 13.7 cm high;

16 champagne, 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm high; 

10 sherry, 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm high;

14 finger bowls or rinsers, 4 5/8 in., 11.8 cm diam.;

together with four shallow circular bowls engraved with foliate scroll bands, 5 1/8 in., 13 cm diam. 140 pieces