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Lot 9

A Bohemian goblet and cover, circa 1830-40

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

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A Bohemian goblet and cover, circa 1830-40

The cup shaped bowl with heavily embossed panels picked out in amethyst-stain, the main panel engraved with the Three Fates, Asclepius holding a caduceus and stopping one of the Fates cutting the twine from a distaff, inscribed above 'Eile, mo die Parze drogt!', the reverse with a viewing lens, on a hexagonal collar and spreading stem, the scalloped foot elaborately cut underneath with amethyst-ground panels of diaper patterns, the cover with deeply cut gadroons also stained in amethyst, 27.8cm high (2)

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A related goblet also depicting the Three Fates is illustrated by Gustav Pazaurek and E von Philippovich, Gläser der Empire- und Biedermeierzeit (1976), p.42, pl.25

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