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A North Bohemian engraved goblet by August Böhm Senior, circa 1850 image 1
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Lot 67*

A North Bohemian engraved goblet by August Böhm Senior, circa 1850

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
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A North Bohemian engraved goblet by August Böhm Senior, circa 1850

The octagonal faceted bowl with an oval medallion cut in high relief, decorated with a scene from the Battle of Maciejowice, showing General Tadeusz Kościuszko, his horse just shot from underneath him, Prince Józef Poniatowski on horseback to the right, and General Józef Sierakowski riding away in the background, the reverse with a rosette of viewing lenses, set on an octagonal faceted stem with central knop, over a faceted foot with scalloped rim and star-cut base, 18.3cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
With Galerie von Spaeth, Munich

Literature:
Paul von Lichtenberg, Glasgravuren des Biedermeier (2004), pp. 200-202

Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817) was a Polish engineer and a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and the United States. He fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army, and led the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia as Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces. The Battle of Maciejowice was fought on 10 October 1794 between Poland (led by Kościuszko) and the Russian Empire. Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813) joined the anti-Russian rebellion, but the Poles were overwhelmed and suffered heavy casualties, including Kościuszko, which led to the Third Partition of Poland. The scene on the present lot is taken from an early 19th century lithograph. A goblet and a beaker engraved by August Böhm Senior depicting scenes after the same print are illustrated by von Lichtenberg (2004), pp. 200-202, figs. 189-193.

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