J. & L. Lobmeyr - Elements of a Drinking Set No. 126 and Two Confectionery Boxes

c. 1873–1880,
consisting of: 13 water glasses height 10.3 cm, 14 wine glasses height 15.1 cm, 2 dessert wine glasses height 13.2 cm, 8 liqueur glasses height 11.2 cm, 1 carafe with stopper height 31 cm, 4 carafes with stoppers height c. 36 cm (1 stopper replaced), clear crystal glass “blown in quatrefoil with Renaissance engraving”, cut leaf and strapwork and birds, form design by Ludwig Lobmeyr in around 1870, decoration designed by Ernst Ziller in 1872, confectionery boxes from a different series, without company signet, 1 water glass cracked, 1 liqueur glass, 1 wine glass with chipping to the rim, a few more glasses also with minor chipping to the rim, the confectionery boxes from a different series, clear crystal glass, cut floral decoration, height 15 cm, 1 box with company signet, 1 box foot broken, glued, cracked, (Hr)
Provenance:
Old Hungarian private ownership.

Lit.:
J.& L. Lobmeyr, Zwischen Tradition und Innovation, Gläser aus der MAK-Sammlung, 19. Jahrhundert, Vienna 2006, p. 58, 9, ill.
Waltraud Neuwirth, Schöner als Bergkristall, Ludwig Lobmeyr, Vienna 1999, p. 301, ill. 671