Stemmed cup
Accession Nr.: | 80.365.1 |
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Date of production: |
ca. 1760
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Place of production: | Cieplice Slaskie-Zdrój (Silesia) |
Materials: | glass |
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Techniques: | ground; matted; mould-blown |
Dimensions: |
height: 13,3 cm
base diameter: 7,6 cm
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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)