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A fine Silesian engraved Hochschnitt goblet and cover by Friedrich Winter, Hermsdorf, circa 1700
21 May 2014, 10:30 BST
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A fine Silesian engraved Hochschnitt goblet and cover by Friedrich Winter, Hermsdorf, circa 1700
The thistle-shaped bowl deeply carved in Hochschnitt on a polished ground with four medallions of a monkey, a stag, an eagle and the arms of Schaffgotsch, comprising a fir tree and the motto Aucun temps ne le Change, each surrounded by symmetrical acanthus sprays alternating with bearded faces, set over a large boss embellished with a formal border of stylised flowers, the wide conical foot cut with leaves and floral motifs, the low-cut cover similarly carved, with a spire finial embellished with stiff leaves, 28.5cm high (2)
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Provenance: The Rudy Cherny Collection, Melbourne
With Uwe Friedleben, Hanover, sold 6 July 1985
An almost identical example can be found in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Die Sammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Vol. II (1982), p. 254, cat. 769, figs. 227 and 228. Compare also with the goblet in the J. Paul Getty Museum (see C. Hess and T. Husband, European Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum (1997), cat. 68) and the example from the Otto Dettmers Collection, sold at Sotheby's, 23 November 1999, lot 57. A fine Silesian engraved Hochschnitt goblet by Friedrich Winter was recently sold in these rooms, 2 May 2013, The Muhleib Collection, lot 39.
Friedrich Winter was granted a special privilege or patent by Count Christoph Leopold von Schaffgotsch (1623-1703) in 1687 to set up a water-powered cutting works. From his workshop came a series of some of the finest goblets in the Baroque taste, expressing in glass the connoisseur and collectors' delight in objects fashioned from rock crystal.
Both the Latin motto 'Aucun temps ne le change' meaning 'Untouched by Time', the motto of the Counts of Schaffgotsch, and the fir tree, which is taken from their coat of arms, can be found on several other goblets, all clearly commissioned by Friedrich Winter's principal patron.