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Lot 93
  • 93

Two J. & L. Lobmeyr enamelled and gilt 'Islamic-style' wine glasses Vienna, circa 1887

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • JLL monogram in white, museum inventory numbers
  • 13.8cm., 5 3/8 in.
from the Alhambra Series, each double-ogee bowl decorated with either red or blue scroll between gilt and enamel bands, set on a slender stem flanked by collars over a high spreading foot decorated with stylised leaves, heart-shapes and scrollwork

Provenance

Helmuth Meißner, Dresden (from whom seized by the East German Secret Service for export in 1982; withdrawn from export for the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (East) at Schloss Köpenick)

Restituted from the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin to the heirs of Helmuth Meißner in 2007

Catalogue Note

For an identical example see W.Neuwirth, Orientalisierende Gläser, J.&L. Lobmeyr, Vol.1, p.65, pl.25, right