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A SILESIAN SHIPPING-GOBLET, the ogee bowl moulded to the reverse with a gilt foliage scroll in high relief, the front inscribed Nun ist die Hoffnung bald erfüllt above a vessel with flying pennants beside architectural structures on a rocaille vignette flanked by spouting fountains, the reverse with leaf ornaments, fruit, batwings and a bird of prey, the rim gilt, the lower part moulded with gadroons above flutes, on a faceted shoulder-knopped stem, the foot cut with ovals and engraved with a dentil band within faceted rim, mid 18th Century
18 cm high
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18 cm high
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