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Lot 231 Dα

A Vienna carved quartz goblet

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)

A Vienna carved quartz goblet

With silver gilt mountings. With a domed foot supporting a semi-spherical clear quartz cup carved with depictions of grotesque mascarons, vases, and mythical beasts. The gilded basal ring embellished with foil-backed paste stones surrounded by bands of acanthus and mascarons in polychrome “ronde bosse” enamel. The handles designed as two scrolls with female herms. H 16.7 cm.
Vienna, marks of Simon Grünwald, circa 1880.

Literature

Cf. cat. Macht & Pracht, Europas Glanz im 19. Jahrhundert, Annweiler 2006, p. 178 ff.