Lot Essay
See S. Baumgärtner, Porträtgläser, München, 1981, p.139, ill.185 for the etching.
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CIRCA 1815, CIRCLE OF D. BIEMANN
Details
A Vienna or Bohemia engraved imperial portrait Ranftbecher
Circa 1815, circle of D. Biemann
The flaring body engraved with the half lenght portrait of the Emperor Franz I of Austria after an etching by David Weiss (Vienna 1814), the edge with a continous laurel wreath, the base serrated
12.2 cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1815, circle of D. Biemann
The flaring body engraved with the half lenght portrait of the Emperor Franz I of Austria after an etching by David Weiss (Vienna 1814), the edge with a continous laurel wreath, the base serrated
12.2 cm. high
See illustration
Provenance
An anonymous glass collection, with inventory number.
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