Lot 07
MANNERIST SHELL CUP

Around 1620
rock crystal
10 cm (h)

Starting price

20 000 CZK
| 833 €

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Mannerist cup in the shape of a shell, decorated with cut leaves and volutes. Provenance. Similar ones were found in Austrian imperial collections. Condition: chip above the foot.

References:

H. Seydel, 'Beitrage zur Geschichte des Spiegelstein - und Glasschnitts und der Glaserzeugung im Riesen - und Isergebirge' in Schlesiens Vorzeit in Bild und Schrift, VII, 1919, pp. 248-262.