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An impressive Silesian Hochschnitt goblet and cover by Friedrich Winter with the cipher of Count Johann Anton von Schaffgotsch, Hermsdorf, late 17th century
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
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An impressive Silesian Hochschnitt goblet and cover by Friedrich Winter with the cipher of Count Johann Anton von Schaffgotsch, Hermsdorf, late 17th century
The generous flared bowl with everted rim cut in Hochschnitt with the mirror monogram JAS below a coronet, the reserve filled with formal scrolling acanthus, the base of the bowl cut with arched flutes above a knop cut with acanthus scrolls over a short four-sided indented stem section and basal collar of overlapping leaves, the conical foot engraved in Tiefschnitt with foliate scrolls, the large domed cover and bud finial similarly decorated, the rim with a band of overlapping leaves, 36.2cm high (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Schöller Collection, Berlin
The Otto Dettmers Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 23 November 1999, lot 57
Exhibited:
'Sechs Sammler stellen aus', Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1961 (see catalogue, p. 147, cat. 134)
'Meisterwerke der Glaskunst aus internationalem Privatbesitz', Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, 1968-69 (see catalogue, p. 71, fig. 192)
Literature:
Robert Schmidt, Bandenburgische Gläser (1914), p. 71, fig. 20, Das Glas (1912), p. 252, fig. 140, and Das Glas (1922) p. 264, fig. 147
Axel von Saldern, 'Schlesische Hochschnittgläser aus der Werkstatt von Friedrich Winter', in Festschrift fur Brigitte Klesse (1994), p. 99, no. 11 (fig. 11 incorrectly numbered)
Catherine Hess and Timothy Husband, European Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum (1997), p. 250
Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p. 123, pl. 174
Friedrich Winter was granted a special privilege or patent by Count Cristoph 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's and collector's delight in objects fashioned from rock crystal. Several examples incorporate the monograms or coats of arms of members of the Schaffgotsch family, that on the present lot being of Count Johann Anton Gotthard von Schaffgotsch (1675-1742). Johann Anton was the son of Count Christoph Leopold von Schaffgotsch. He was an imperial count (Reichsgraf) and was director of the Silesian district authority (Oberamt).
For comparable pieces to the present lot, see the almost identical example in the exhibition catalogue, 'Meisterwerke der Glaskunst aus internationalem Privatbesitz', Düsseldorf (1968), p. 71, fig. 191. See also the example in the J Paul Getty Museum, accession no. 84.DK.568.1-.2, illustrated by Hess and Husband (1997), pp. 244-251, cat. 68. A goblet of similar form is in the Bayerisches National Museum, München, accession no. 60/101, illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Die Glassammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Vol. II (1982), pp. 253-254, pl. 226, cat. 768, and by Dietmar Zoedler, Schlesisches Glas - Schlesische Gläser (1996), p. 56, fig. 5. A smaller goblet of comparable shape is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession no. C.63&A-1954.
Another magnificent Silesian engraved Hochschnitt goblet and cover by Friedrich Winter, the Dessau Goblet, was sold in these rooms, 2 May 2013, The Mühleib Collection, lot 39.