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Lot 49

A Bohemian ruby-tinted goblet attributed to August Böhm, Meistersdorf, circa 1840

21 May 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

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A Bohemian ruby-tinted goblet attributed to August Böhm, Meistersdorf, circa 1840

The heavy ovoid bowl deeply cut with a rectangular panel engraved with a Turk holding a rearing horse, palm trees and a pyramid-shaped monument behind, the reverse with three panels of lenses, set on a spreading hexagonal stem and fan-cut scalloped foot with a fancy star-cut base, 18.5cm high (minor chips to foot)

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Signed goblets by August Böhm, engraved in a very similar manner, were included in the collection of Masterpieces of Bohemian Glass, sold in these rooms, 11 December 2013, lots 24, 49, 50 and 54.

The same subject but in reverse occurs on a beaker attributed to Franz Hansel illustrated by Paul von Lichtenberg, Glasgravuren des Biedermeier (2004), p. 247-248, fig. 262.

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