Lot Essay
W. Kichner is recorded as a German medalist in Berlin circa 1824 and in 1840 worked in Saint Petersburg.
CIRCA 1830, INSCRIBED W. KIRCHNER F ON THE TRUNCATION
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A HARRACH'SHE HUTTE (NEUWELT) SULPHIDE AND TRANSLUCENT-RUBY OVERLAY GLASS BEAKER
Circa 1830, inscribed W. Kirchner F on the truncation
Of tapering cylindrical form, enclosing a sulphide profile of Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, to dexter, cut with florets and ovolo, on a circular serrated foot
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Circa 1830, inscribed W. Kirchner F on the truncation
Of tapering cylindrical form, enclosing a sulphide profile of Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, to dexter, cut with florets and ovolo, on a circular serrated foot
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Fritz Biemann Collection, Lucerne, Switzerland. Sotheby's, London, 16 June 1984, lot 224.
Literature
B. Klesse and A. von Saldren, 500 Jahre Glaskunst, Zurich, 1978, p. 267, pl. 236.
Exhibited
Lucerne, Switzerland, 1981, no. 894 (name of exhibition unknown).
P. Jokelson and D. Tarshis, Cameo Incrustation: The Great Sulphide Show, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1988, p. 22, no. 53 (exhibition label).
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. IX, ill. d., exhibition no. 41.
P. Jokelson and D. Tarshis, Cameo Incrustation: The Great Sulphide Show, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1988, p. 22, no. 53 (exhibition label).
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. IX, ill. d., exhibition no. 41.
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