A glass beaker with a view of Dresden - image-1

Lot 688 Dα

A glass beaker with a view of Dresden

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)
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A glass beaker with a view of Dresden

Thinly-walled cylindrical glass with a black framed depiction of Dresden after a painting by Canaletto. With conjoined monogram AH.p. to the lower left, lower right "S. Mohn f. 1811." Ca. 12 mm ground down from the rim. H 7.5 cm.
Dresden, painted by August Heinrich for Gottlob Samuel Mohn, 1811.

Literature

For more on August Heinrich cf. v. Lichtenberg, Mohn & Kothgasser, Munich 2009, p. 212 ff. Paul v. Lichtenberg mentions a beaker with a view of Rome dated 1811 as the earliest transparent glass by August Heinrich, this beaker with a view of Dresden was made in the same year.
An identical complete glass dated 1813 is illustrated on the cover of: Haase, Sächsisches Glas, Leipzig-Munich 1988, no. 307.