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Milk glass pitcher with enamel ornaments
Milk glass pitcher with enamel ornaments - Glass & Crystal Style
Ref : 111840
2 500 €
Period :
18th century
Provenance :
Switzerland
Medium :
Enameled glass
Dimensions :
H. 8.82 inch
Sylvie Lhermite-King

Works of art, silver, glass and furniture from 16th to 18th century


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Milk glass pitcher with enamel ornaments

This rare covered pitcher with handle is made of milk glass decorated with enamel ornaments and the attributes of the farrier guild

Flühli (Switzerland), 18th century

Crowned initals H.G. / A.H. between palms.
Nail, pincers and buttress on one side, shoeing hammer, hoof and clinch cutter (?) on the other.

A similar milk glass pitcher bearing the attributes of the butcher guild, but without its cover (replaced by metal mounts), is preserved in Musée Ariana in Geneva (inv. G 0387).

Sylvie Lhermite-King

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Glass & Crystal