A large J. & L. Lobmeyr enamelled 'Persian-style' glass dish Vienna, circa 1878

designed by Machytka and Schmoranz, the shallow form with raised rim and central depression, painted with a rosette within strapwork and Kufic inscriptions, all within a border of stylised leaf panels enclosing strapwork, alternating with formal stylised flowers, inscribed on the reverse Die Klugheit ist die mächtigste Stütze des Menschen und die Rechtschaffenheit ist seine beste Eigenschaft. and around the rim of the foot Wer sich in fremde Dinge mengt. hat den Schaden davon