Lot 153
LARGE BOHEMIAN ENGRAVED DECANTER AND STOPPER, IN THE MANNER OF DOMINIK BIEMANN
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art from 1600 | 571
Auction: 4 September 2019 at 11:00 BST
Description
the facet-cut pointed stopper above the splayed panel-cut neck terminating in three roundels, wheel-engraved with portraits of two men in military garb and a lady in a dress, possibly depicting Jean Bernadotte (1763-1844), Baron Carl Otto Mörner (1781-1868), and Désirée Clary (1777-1860), on a star-cut base
Dimensions
32cm high
Footnote
Note: Dominik Biemann (1800-1857) was a one of the best glass engravers of the 19th century. His work took him to Prague, where as a self-employed artisan he undertook private commissions for clients. He is well known for his portraits, wheel-engraved onto glass.
The portraits depicted on this decanter are thought to show Jean Bernadotte, Marshal of France in 1804 and later King Charles XIV John of Sweden; Baron Mörner, a Swedish courtier and member of the Diet; and Désirée Clary, wife of Bernadotte and later Queen consort.