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A Bohemian blue-overlay beaker, circa 1845-60

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

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A Bohemian blue-overlay beaker, circa 1845-60

Of trumpet shape on cushioned base cut with a band of printies, engraved with three Turkish horsemen surprised by a ferocious dog, the scene flanked by rocks and palm trees, the reverse with a panel of seven viewing lenses, 12.8cm high

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The same subject is engraved on a beaker in the Biemann Collection, see Klesse and von Saldern, 500 Jahre Glaskunst (1978), p.275, fig.246

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