RARE "TSCHIRNHAUS GLASS" TWO-HANDLED VESSEL Dresden, circa 1700, attributable to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708).

RARE "TSCHIRNHAUS GLASS" TWO-HANDLED VESSEL

Dresden, circa 1700, attributable to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708).
Dark-red glass. Double-handled globular form with a moulded shoulder ring and waisted rim. Pinched loop handles and a pontil mark to the underside, mounted with a vermeil rim mount.
9.5 × 15 cm.

Provenance:
- Friedrich Girtanner Collection (1880–1956), Zurich.
- Rudolph Lepke Auction, Berlin, Friedrich Girtanner Collection, Dec. 9–10, 1926, Lot 428, Plate 25 (unsold).
- Rudolf Bangel Auction, Frankfurt am Main, Friedrich Girtanner Collection, Zurich, Part II, October 25–26, 1927, Lot 438.
- Siegfried Ducret Collection, Zurich.
- Acquired by inheritance in 1972 into the Peter Ducret Collection, Kilchberg.

This rare vessel of opaque, glass-like material, with a mount dating to around 1700, was probably made in the workshop of the scientist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, who, together with J. F. Böttger, advanced the development of Meissen porcelain in 1704.