A Venetian glass enamelled armorial ewer, early 16th century
Lot Closed
September 26, 10:30 AM GMT
Estimate
1,400 - 1,800 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of globular form with folded domed foot and scroll handle, the body enamelled and gilt with the coat of arms of the Biétrix family of Dauphiné, framed by ribbons within a dotted circular medallion, the neck with two enamel dot and gilt borders
19,8 cm, 7 ¾ in. high
The Collection of Baron von Rothschild;
Fischer Auktion, Lucerne, Zinnsammlung, V. Waffen, Glassammlung aus englischem Besitz, 15 March 1973, lot 528;
The Collection of Fritz Biemann, Zurich, Sotheby's, London, 21 November 2006, lot 118.
An Venice armorial glass ewer of similar form from the Robert Lehman Collection is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, object no. 1975.1.1170.
Related Literature
A. von Saldern and Brigitte Klesse, 500 Jahre Glaskunst. Sammlung Biemann, Zurich, 1978, p. 305, cat. no. 256.
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