Lot Essay
See Brigitte Klesse/Axel van Saldern, 500 Jahne Glaskunst, Sammlung Biemann, p. 346, no. 323 for a similarly gadrooned beaker dated 1694.
1696, BOHEMIAN OR PERHAPS BRANDENBURG
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A German dated enamelled armorial beaker
1696, Bohemian or perhaps Brandenburg
Enamelled in predominant shades of ochre, blue, pale-blue, brown and white with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and flanked by the initials H.O.V.L and the date 1696, the lower part and the base gadrooned (extended restored cracks)
3¼in. (8.5cm.) high
1696, Bohemian or perhaps Brandenburg
Enamelled in predominant shades of ochre, blue, pale-blue, brown and white with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and flanked by the initials H.O.V.L and the date 1696, the lower part and the base gadrooned (extended restored cracks)
3¼in. (8.5cm.) high