A facetted glass painted in schwarzlot by Ignaz Preissler, Kronstadt

Circa 1730
Height – 16.80cm

With peasants dancing to music in a landscape, with bands of baroque scrollwork.
The work of the Preissler workshop is some of the most skilled of all the hausmaler and was made for the nobles of Silesia. This example is unusual in that some of the figures are engraved.

Condition:
Small chips to rim

Literature:
Helena Brožková, ‘Daniel a Ignác Preisslerové,Barokné malíři skla a porcelánu, Prague Museum exhibition Catalogue, 2009

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