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A VENETIAN GLASS ENAMELLED BEAKER
Lot 117 PROPERTY OF THE WUNSCH FOUNDATION

A VENETIAN GLASS ENAMELLED BEAKER

CIRCA 1500

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 10,625

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A VENETIAN GLASS ENAMELLED BEAKER
CIRCA 1500
Barrel-shaped with an everted rim, moulded with bands of nodules enriched in gilding, below a thread with blue and white rope-twist and a band of beads and flowerheads in white, blue and red enamels enriched in gilt, the lower part with white and red beads above a milled foot, with a kick-in base
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 March 2000, lot 9.

Specialist note

Ths form of early prunted beaker is often associated with green glass examples known as 'krautstrunk' (see lots 120 and 122 in this sale). The enamel decoration suggest a Venetian attribution, perhaps intended for the German market.