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A transparent-enamelled goblet with view of Dresden attributed to the Mohn Workshop, Dresden, circa 1812
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- 16.2cm., 6 3/8 in.
the cylindrical form with everted amber-stained rim, painted with a panoramic view of the city within a black line rectangular frame, inscribed in gilding Dresden gegen Abend below, above flutes and a four-sided narrow amber-stained stem and stepped square foot with clear glass base
Catalogue Note
Further examples of this form can be found in the catalogue for the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, pp.145-146, fig.439 and 440 (Inv.noS.1940-174 and 1940-178). See also Gustav E.Pazaurek, Gläser der Empire- und Biedermeierzeit, 1923, p.161, fig.143, or the Focke Museum, Bremen, vol.2, fig.15.
For an illustration of this beaker see P. von Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, pl. 54