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A pair of Bohemian part-amber-stained goblets and covers probably by August Böhm, Meistersdorf, circa 1840-50 image 1
A pair of Bohemian part-amber-stained goblets and covers probably by August Böhm, Meistersdorf, circa 1840-50 image 2
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A pair of Bohemian part-amber-stained goblets and covers probably by August Böhm, Meistersdorf, circa 1840-50

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

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A pair of Bohemian part-amber-stained goblets and covers probably by August Böhm, Meistersdorf, circa 1840-50

Variously cut with facets and pillar flutes, some heightened with amber stain, the undersides of the scalloped feet with star cutting alternately stained in amber and left clear, the ovoid bowls with a single reserved panel, one engraved with a Janissary holding the reins of a spirited horse, the other with a hunting scene with a horseman and hounds surrounding a stag, 38cm high (4)

Footnotes

An identical figure of a Turk with his horse is engraved on a goblet in the Passau Glasmuseum, signed by August Böhm, see Georg Höltl, Das Böhmische Glas 1700-1950, vol.2 Empire-Biedermeier, p.125, fig.166. See also p.126, figs.168-169 for two other goblets with the same subject in reverse, one attributed to August Böhm, the other probably by Eduard Pelikan

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