Covered fluted glass. Wheel-engraved with strapwork and the initials 'A R', and was probably used at the Court of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1697-1704, 1709-33).
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Title of artwork, date
Covered fluted glass, 1730–1733
Date supported
1992
Medium and material
Glass
Dimensions
37 cm
Gifted by
Marguerite Sternberg
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