Footed cup - With the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire and Bavaria

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 80.343.1
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
early 18th century
Place of production: Nuremberg (presumably)
Materials: colourless glass
Techniques: blown; engraved; ground decoration
Dimensions:
height: 18,5 cm
base diameter: 10 cm
opening diameter: 8 cm
Big, circular foot on the stem is a node made of disk and vase shaped forms the high cup is decorated with four ground medallions. In one of them there is the coat of the Holy Roman Emperor, in the other that of the Prince of Bavaria, in the third and fourth ones are male and female portraits of rulers. On the foot is ground flower and scroll decoration.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 2.39. (Katona Imre)