Deux gobelets en verre églomisé, Bohémie, vers 1730-50 Two Bohemian Zwischengoldg...

Deux gobelets en verre églomisé, Bohémie, vers 1730-50 Two Bohemian Zwischengoldglas beakers, circa 1730-50 Of finely fluted tapering shape and double-walled, painted in colours on silver foil, one with a continuous landscape scene depicting four male figures emblematic of the Seasons, Spring with a basket of flowers, Summer with a sickle, Autumn harvesting grapes, and Winter beside two log fires, the ruby base with a flower, 9cm high, the other with a lady and gentleman with a pageboy in a formal garden with balustrades, a fountain and urns of flowers, the ruby base with a vase of flowers, 8.3cm high (both with minor chips and some discolouration, larger beaker with crack to base) (2) Footnotes: For a similar polychrome Zwischengoldglas beaker decorated with figures emblematic of the Seasons in the Ernesto Wolf Collection, see Brigitte Klesse and Hans Mayr, European Glass from 1500-1800, 1987, no.204, where other similar examples in collections and museums are cited. An example decorated with a similar garden scene is illustrated by Walter Spiegl in Jürgen Fischer's catalogue, Zwischengoldglãser der Sammlung Just, 2004, no.26. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing