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Lot 27*

A Silesian engraved wine glass, Warmbrunn, circa 1740

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Silesian engraved wine glass, Warmbrunn, circa 1740

The fluted funnel shaped bowl richly decorated with a scroll and strapwork cartouche containing the mirror monogram JM beneath a crown, the reverse decorated with three sporting scenes, including a man fishing by a lake beneath the inscription Von fischen kriegt mans fieber (fishing gets one in heat), a huntsman shooting at a bird perched on a branch beneath the inscription Vögel sind mir Lieber (I prefer making love), and a man on horseback engaged in a stag hunt beneath the inscription Jägerey is drüber (seduction is best), the rim with a stiff leaf border, set on a faceted inverted baluster stem between collars, the faceted foot with stiff-leaf border and rosette-cut underside, 14.6cm high (chips to footrim, chip to edge of flute of bowl)

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Provenance:
Sold at Fischer, Heilbronn, 22 March 2003, lot 172

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