CUP WITH A MEDALLION OF HYALITE GLASS

Bohemia, Harrachov Glassworks, Nový Svět in Krkonoše,
approx. 1860
A slightly conical cup made of black hyalite glass, with a subtly curved foot and a cut neck, decorated in the so-called potichomania style with historicist ornamental gold painting and applied beads of colored glass. The front features a medallion with a color-painted half-length figure of a girl holding a vine branch, gilded neck. H. 14,3 cm. Condition B. Compare with: J. Mergl: Z Nového Světa do celého světa, Prague 2012, p. 174.