A glass decanter and stopper by August Böhm Jr., c.1870, the slender cylinder bottle overlaid in

A glass decanter and stopper by August Böhm Jr., c.1870, the slender cylinder bottle overlaid in green and engraved with a jockey seated on the back of a horse, beneath stylised fruiting grapevine, the neck cut with vertical flutes, signed 'A. Böhm', 37.5cm. (2)

August Böhm Jr (1848-1910) was taught by his father of the same name. August Böhm Sr (1812-1890) was one of the finest glass engravers of the 19th century. The younger August Böhm settled in England and worked in Stourbridge. It is likely that a series of these distinctive bottle-shaped decanters engraved in the Bohemian style and signed A Böhm are British productions by the younger engraver.