Bidspirit auction | BEAKER WITH ENGRAVING

BEAKER WITH ENGRAVING - Southern Bohemia, engraving probably by Carl Josef Lechner, Nové Hrady, ca 1770 A cylindrical beaker with a domed lid, colourless cut glass, decorated with meticulous matt engraving with polished accents. The front features a Rococo motif of a female lute player in a landscape with architecture; floral / ornamental borders at both the upper and lower edges. Cf.: O. Drahotová, H. Brožková, D. Hejdová, České sklo II. Sklo období baroka: 2. polovina 17. století a 18. století, Museum of Decorative Arts Prague 1989, p. 58, item 202, and vol. 2 – ill. p. 115. H. 15 cm. Unmarked. Condition A/B.