English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 176
A Bohemian schwarzlot sweetmeat glass c.1720-30
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A Bohemian schwarzlot sweetmeat glass c.1720-30, the shaped bowl decorated in the manner of Ignaz Preissler with a continuous gilt and schwarzlot design of a lady with a bowl of fruit, an Oriental gentleman, and monkeys with apples, all within foliate scrolls, the faceted pedestal stem and octagonal foot with further foliate motifs, 10.8cm.
Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.342-1936 for a very similar example from the Wilfred Buckley Collection, previously attributed to Preissler.