CIRCA 1890, ENGRAVED J. & L. L. MONOGRAM AND ENAMELLED INVENTORY NO. L93.JL.3 TO BASE

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A J. & L. LOBMEYR ARMORIAL ENGRAVED SWEETMEAT-GLASS
Circa 1890, engraved J. & L. L. monogram and enamelled inventory no. L93.JL.3 to base
The shell-shaped dish engraved with accollée arms beneath a coronet, within a cartouche reserved on a continuous seascape with Venus and Neptune seated in chariots drawn by dolphin or hounds attended by putti, on a faceted double knopped stem, the cartouche-shaped foot with foliate scrolls
5 3/8in. (13.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. anon sale, Christie's, London, 3 June 1996, lot 39 for a similarly engraved sweetmeat; also see Michael Kovacek, Glas aus vier Jahrhunderten, Wien, 1982, p. 148, fig. 82 for two similar armorial sweetmeat glasses.

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