A NORTH BOHEMIAN (KRONSTADT) 'SCHWARZLOT' WINE-GLASS painted by Ignatz Preissler, the flared funnel bowl with three horses in various stances on a continuous grassy band with a tree partially covered in foliage, supported on a merese above an inverted baluster stem with spreading basal knop, on a conical foot, circa 1715

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A NORTH BOHEMIAN (KRONSTADT) 'SCHWARZLOT' WINE-GLASS painted by Ignatz Preissler, the flared funnel bowl with three horses in various stances on a continuous grassy band with a tree partially covered in foliage, supported on a merese above an inverted baluster stem with spreading basal knop, on a conical foot, circa 1715
12cm. high

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For a detailed discussion on schwarzlot-decorated glasses of the early 18th century see Rudolf von Strasser, 'Ignaz Preissler: Frühe Arbeiten, weniger bekannte Meisterwerke und die Nachfolge', Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 29, 1987, pp. 81-109 and for examples of similar construction see ibid, p. 94, pls. 23-25. For three small bowls of slightly earlier date similarly painted by Preissler from the von Strasser Collection, New York and a discussion on the print source see Rudolf von Strasser/Walter Spiegl, Dekorietes Glas, pp. 215-216, nos. 68-70
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