A Bohemian engraved Zwischengoldglas wine glass, circa 1730
The conical bowl set with an oval ruby-stained Zwischengoldglas medallion internally gilded with a hunter upon a rearing horse, framed within an engraved scrollwork cartouche, a floral spray to the reverse, the twisted baluster stem containing a ruby thread, over a conical foot, 14.1cm high
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Paul Gresswell-Wilkins Collection
A similar wine glass is illustrated by Brigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug (1973), p.265, no.698 and was sold by Sotheby's on 14 March 1983, lot 749.
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The conical bowl set with an oval ruby-stained Zwischengoldglas medallion internally gilded with a hunter upon a rearing horse, framed within an engraved scrollwork cartouche, a floral spray to the reverse, the twisted baluster stem containing a ruby thread, over a conical foot, 14.1cm high
Provenance
Paul Gresswell-Wilkins Collection
A similar wine glass is illustrated by Brigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug (1973), p.265, no.698 and was sold by Sotheby's on 14 March 1983, lot 749.