A pair of small J. & L. Lobmeyr enamelled 'Persian-style' glass dishes Vienna, circa 1879

designed by Machytka and Schmoranz, each shallow form of amber tint, with raised rim and central depression, painted with an eight-pointed star within a narrow band of Kufic inscriptions, all within a border of scroll panels and four circular medallions with further inscriptions

Very good condition with minor wear to gilding.
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For a pair of larger dishes with the same pattern, see those sold in these Rooms, Art of the Islamic World, 18th April 2007, lot 218. See also the example, described as pattern Nr.5524, in the Lobmeyr pattern book, dated 9th October 1879 (Walthraud Neuwirth, Orientalisierende Gläser: J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vol.1, p.50, pl.17).