A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED SMALL RUBY GLASS CUP
A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED SMALL RUBY GLASS CUP

THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700

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A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED SMALL RUBY GLASS CUP
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700
Campana-form with fluted lower body and etched with scrolling foliage and birds, on a circular gilt-metal foot engraved with entrelac centered by flowerheads, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 94, pp. 324-325.

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