A Silesian goblet with 'Zwischengoldglas' portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm II Johann Sigismund Menzel, Warmbrunn, circa 1790

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

18.5cm., 7¼in.

the ovoid bowl applied with a gilt oval medallion with black silhouette portrait to sinister, within an engraved cartouche suspended from tied ribbons and floral festoons, the gilt-edged rim with gilt dotted band, the base with honeycomb facets, above a faceted collar and spreading four-sided stepped pedestal foot with rosette-cut base

Provenance

Josef Mahler Collection, New York, his sale, Wiener Kunstauktionen, Vienna, 27th September 1994, lot 153

Exhibited

Corning Museum of Glass, New York, no.112

Literature

Dietmar Zoedler, Schlesisches Glas -Schlesische Gläser, pp.132ff, pl.58 and col.pl.14

Catalogue Note

For an almost identical goblet and cover with a similar silhouette portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia by Menzel, see Sabine Baumgärtner, Porträtgläser, p.117, fig.161