SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
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A Bohemian-engraved humorous cut-glass goblet
Second half 18th century
The trumpet-bowl engraved with a vignette depicting a winged cupid hauling a voluptious maiden in a fish net, below the inscription: ich fange gerne solche fische so mir dienen zu bette und tisch (I am eager to catch such fishes which can serve me in bed as well as in the kitchen), the lower part cut with arches, on facetted baluster stem, on conical folded foot
17cm high
Second half 18th century
The trumpet-bowl engraved with a vignette depicting a winged cupid hauling a voluptious maiden in a fish net, below the inscription: ich fange gerne solche fische so mir dienen zu bette und tisch (I am eager to catch such fishes which can serve me in bed as well as in the kitchen), the lower part cut with arches, on facetted baluster stem, on conical folded foot
17cm high
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