Lot 57
  • 57

A small Silesian wine glass with views of Hirschberg and Warmbrunn Riesengebirge, circa 1790

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 12.4cm., 4 7/8 in.
of purple tint, the deep ogee bowl engraved with a heart and the initials R W, within landscape vignettes inscribed Riesen Kop, Teiche, Kynast, Hirschberg and Warmbrunn, below a berried leaf border, above collars over a square pedestal foot

Condition

tiny chip to rim
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Catalogue Note

Compare with the example in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Cologne, see Brigitte Klesse, catalogue, 1973, no.463