Cup - With a hunting scene on the body, horseman on the bottom
| Accession Nr.: | 4927 |
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| Date of production: |
first half of the 18th century
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| Place of production: | Bohemia (presumably); Germany (presumably) |
| Inscription: | jelzetlen |
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| Materials: | double-layered glass |
| Techniques: | 'Zwischengoldglas' decoration; faceted; glued coldly; gold foil between the layers; grinded; mould-blown |
| Dimensions: |
height: 7,4 cm
opening diameter: 6,3 cm
base diameter: 4,3 cm
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A slightly splayed, cylindrical glass, faceted into twenty sides outside. It is decorated with a hunting scene in a landscape, etched with gold foil: a pack of hounds chase deer, and a hunter fires at one. The scene is placed between two lines of acanthus leaves. The bottom shows a man on horseback, blowing a horn, etched with gold foil, against a red lacquer background.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.181. (Katona Imre)
