The Granicus Goblet. An important Bohemian glass goblet and cover engraved by August Böhm dated 1845

the thick walled octagonal bowl finely carved with a panel showing a battle scene, after Charles Le Brun, depicting Alexander the Great defeating the Persians on the Bridge over the River Granicus, inscribed below, Gravirt v.A.Böhm aus Meisterdorf i.Böhm im Jahre 1845, the reverse bearing the inscription La Vertu surmonte tous obstacle Alexandre ayant passé le Granique attaque les Perses a forces inégales, a mes en suite leur innombrable multitude (`Valour overcomes all obstacles. Alexander crosses the Granicus, attacks the Persians whose armed forces are outnumbered and puts their vast hordes to flight'), the bowl raised on an octagonal stem and circular foot with scalloped rim, repeated on the domed and stepped cover

Overall in very good condition with some minor shallow chips and nicks around the edges
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For another goblet and cover by Böhm in the Victoria and Albert Museum, engraved with the same subject and dated 1840, see C.R. Hajdamach, British Glass 1800-1914, pp.156-157. This goblet was considered so highly in his homeland that plaster casts were taken and kept in Bohemia to encourage other engravers.

Alexander crossing the river Granicus
The Battle of the Granicus River took place in May, 334 BC. It was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in North-western Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here where Alexander defeated the the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large force of Greek mercenaries led by Memnon of Rhodes. The battle took place on the road from Abydos to Dascylium ( near modern day Ergili, Turkey), at the crossing of the Granicus River ( modern day Biga Cayi).