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416

Bohemian or Saxon

Tankard with the Imperial Eagle. 1663

Glass, coloured enamel painting. 25,6 cm; Ø 11,5 cm (10 ⅛ in.; Ø 4 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Bohemian or Saxon. Tankard with the Imperial Eagle. 1663.

Estimate:

EUR 5,000

 

- 7,000

USD 5,620

 

- 7,870

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Orangerie Selected Objects, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Glass, coloured enamel painting. 25,6 cm; Ø 11,5 cm (10 ⅛ in.; Ø 4 ½ in.). Inscribed on the main body: Gott behütt und erhalt, daß gantze heylige Römische Reich, mitt seinen gliedern allen zugleich. 1663.

Related literature and comparable objects: Monika Bierschenk and Stefan Bursche (eds.): Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin: Bildführer. Kunsthandwerk vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, Berlin 1985, p. 130f. / Brigitte Klesse and Hans Mayr: Veredelte Gläser aus Renaissance und Barock. Sammlung Ernesto Wolf, exh. cat., Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Vienna 1987, p. 35–37 and cat. no. 42f.

Private collection, Saxony