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VIVAT GLASS CHALICE FOR HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR CHARLES VI
Saxony, ca. 1740.
Conical cuppa on a faceted baluster stem with red thread decoration with two disc nodes and on a flat engraved disc foot. Engraved coat of arms and portrait of Emperor Charles VI in a round medallion, entitled “Vivat K Carolus”, the reverse with the double-headed eagle surmounted by a crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
H 21 cm.
Provenance:
Charles VI (1685 Vienna 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and Archduke of Austria as well as Sovereign of the remaining Habsburg dominions as Charles III, King of Hungary and Croatia, as Charles II, King of Bohemia, as Charles III, designated anti-king to Spain, from 1713 as Charles VI, King of Naples and from 1713 to 1720 as Charles III, also King of Sardinia by the Peace of Utrecht, and from 1720 as Charles IV, King of Sicily.
Conditionreport:
- traces of use through minor chips at the edges of the faceted baluster stem CHF 600 / 800 | (€ 620 / 820)
Venduto per CHF 250 (incl. premio)