MARK OF ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, 1707-1711

Name: A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RUBY-GLASS CASTING BOTTLE
Brand: MARK OF ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, 1707-1711
Price: 10000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 12,500

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RUBY-GLASS CASTING BOTTLE

MARK OF ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, 1707-1711

Price Realised GBP 12,500

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On spreading gadrooned foot, the baluster glass body with vertical ribs and wheel-engraved with fruit trophies, foliate branches and birds, the plain collar mount with detachable gadrooned cover with baluster finial, with pierced grill, marked underneath
7³⁄₄ in. (20 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The relief ribs on the lower part are typical of South German ruby-glass and are modelled after the vessel has been blown by dipping the body into hot glass and then pressing it into a mould to form the ribs.
For an almost identical casting bottle also by Elias Adam, 1690-1700 see the Art Institute Chicago, item 1927.1253; for another similar flask with mark of Martin Breuer, 1705-1709 see T. Schroder, , London, 2012, p. 326-327, no. 95.