A Bohemian ruby glass bottle
A Bohemian ruby glass bottle
Faceted bottle of square section with rounded shoulders and chamferred edges. The finely pierced rim resting on four spherical feet. All faces with seated Classical goddesses. H 18.3 cm.
C. 1700, the ormolu mountings Vienna, c. 1810 - 15.
Provenance
South German aristocratic ownership.
Literature
Cf. v. Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Rubinglas des ausgehenden 17. und des 18. Jahrhunderts, Mainz 2001, no. 347 ff.
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A Bohemian ruby glass bottle
Faceted bottle of square section with rounded shoulders and chamferred edges. The finely pierced rim resting on four spherical feet. All faces with seated Classical goddesses. H 18.3 cm.
C. 1700, the ormolu mountings Vienna, c. 1810 - 15.
Provenance
South German aristocratic ownership.
Literature
Cf. v. Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Rubinglas des ausgehenden 17. und des 18. Jahrhunderts, Mainz 2001, no. 347 ff.