CIRCA 1824

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A Franz Anton Siebel transparentmalerei dated gallant gilt beaker
Circa 1824
The cylindrical body decorated with a frontal rectangular cartouche depicting a chivalrous scene of a knight in full armour approaching a sleeping lady showing a nude breast, in the interior of a galleon, two peeping toms in the upper right corner, slain bodies in the lower right corner, the reverse with a band of triangular motifs suspending spindly swags, dated 1824
10.2cm high

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Lot Essay

Cf. G.E. Pazaurek & E. von Philippovich, Gläser der Empire- und Biedermeier Zeit (Braunschweig 1976), p.177-179 for a discussion about Franz Anton Siebel.

Franz Anton Siebel and his daughter Klara Siebel are closely associated to the circle of the great Gottlob Samuel Mohn. Franz Anton was active in Vienna and later in Lichtenfels. He died in 1844.

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