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Lot 14

A silver and porcelain-mounted Bohemian glass tankard, attributed to Franz Paul Zach, Munich, dated 1838

11 December 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A silver and porcelain-mounted Bohemian glass tankard, attributed to Franz Paul Zach, Munich, dated 1838

In Rock Crystal style, the clear glass cylindrical tankard deeply wheel cut and engraved in Tiefschnitt with a continuous forest scene, three deer resting in a clearing surrounded by dense forest trees and towering rockwork, mounted with a silver cover set with a painted porcelain plaque with the head of a young woman looking out from the shawl pulled tightly around her shoulders, the silver thumbpiece modelled as the trophy head of a deer, 19.5cm high overall, silver marks of an angel and 38 for Munich 1838, maker's mark EW

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A related tankard signed by Zach is illustrated by Walter Spiegl, Glas des Historismus (1980), p.191, fig.226. Another tankard is illustrated by Paul von Lichtenberg, Glasgravuren des Biedermeier (2004), p.302, fig.340.

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