A heraldic glass confit or ambrosia dish
A heraldic glass confit or ambrosia dish
Round base supporting a shaft with a faceted node and an elliptical dish with gadrooned lower section and gilt foliate tendril reliefs. Finely engraved with an arms of alliance to the front and Chinoiseries to the reverse, fruit on rocaille brackets to either side. With sanded chips to the edge of the base, some wear to the outer gold rim. H 13.5 cm.
Schreiberhau (Szklarska Poreba), Prussian glassworks Weißbach, attributed to Samuel Schneider, 1760 - 70.
Literature
Cf. Zelasko, Barock und Rokoko im Hirschberger Tal. Stein- und Glasschnitt 1650 – 1780, Passau 2014, cat. no. 267.
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A heraldic glass confit or ambrosia dish
Round base supporting a shaft with a faceted node and an elliptical dish with gadrooned lower section and gilt foliate tendril reliefs. Finely engraved with an arms of alliance to the front and Chinoiseries to the reverse, fruit on rocaille brackets to either side. With sanded chips to the edge of the base, some wear to the outer gold rim. H 13.5 cm.
Schreiberhau (Szklarska Poreba), Prussian glassworks Weißbach, attributed to Samuel Schneider, 1760 - 70.
Literature
Cf. Zelasko, Barock und Rokoko im Hirschberger Tal. Stein- und Glasschnitt 1650 – 1780, Passau 2014, cat. no. 267.
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