Accession Nr.: 80.365.1
Date of production:
ca. 1760
Place of production: Cieplice Slaskie-Zdrój (Silesia)
Materials: glass
Techniques: ground; matted; mould-blown
Dimensions:
height: 13,3 cm
base diameter: 7,6 cm
The stem is decorated with two disks, a ball and again two disks it stands on a round foot with curved corners. The foot is ground with ovals and shows clouded triangles its ball-node is diamond faceted. The cup forms a shell its bottom is decorated with a row of eggs, surmounted by a finely ground and clouded picture: a castle with a sentry and a man walking towards it a house can be seen in the background. Between the two figures is a large tree. The longer sides of the cup are decorated with moulded flower petals. There are finely ground petals at the bottom juncture of the handle.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.187. (Katona Imre)