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Lot 6

A Bohemian engraved wine glass, early 18th century

19 November 2025, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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A Bohemian engraved wine glass, early 18th century

the rounded bowl decorated with two oval panels flanked by stylised sprays of fruit, one panel depicting an arm emerging from a cloud, holding a magnifying glass beneath a radiant sun to ignite a flaming heart on the ground below, the other landscape panel inscribed 'nichts unsau bers kan mein herz endtzünden' (nothing impure can ignite my heart), raised on a tall multi-knopped stem with a series of knops and collars in Nuremberg style above a wide inverted baluster, the spreading foot with a foliate garland, 17.5cm high

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