Lot 17
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A PAIR OF J. & L. LOBMEYR ENAMELED AND GILT GLASS BEAKERS, 'BECHER ARABISCHEN'
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A PAIR OF J. & L. LOBMEYR ENAMELED AND GILT GLASS BEAKERS, 'BECHER ARABISCHEN'

CIRCA 1878, WHITE ENAMELED JLL MONOGRAM MARKS, AFTER THE DESIGN BY ENTWURF VON MACHYTKA & SCHMORANZ, DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1878

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A PAIR OF J. & L. LOBMEYR ENAMELED AND GILT GLASS BEAKERS, 'BECHER ARABISCHEN'
CIRCA 1878, WHITE ENAMELED JLL MONOGRAM MARKS, AFTER THE DESIGN BY ENTWURF VON MACHYTKA & SCHMORANZ, DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1878
Each of tulip form, with tapering cylindrical stem and flaring foot, richly gilt and enameled in white and blue in the Arabic taste with ogival cartouches, foliate scrolls and 'jeweled' bands enclosing a gilt Star of David
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Estate of Mary Flagler Cary, 1967.
By descent through her niece to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

See Dr. Waltraub Neuwirth, Orientalisierende Gläser, J. & L. Lobmeyr, Band I, Vienna, 1981, p. 41, abb. 13, for an identical example (Nr. 3871).

Mary Flagler Cary (1901-1967) was a notable heiress, collector and philanthropist. She was the granddaughter of Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the founders of Standard Oil.

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