A glass goblet commemorating Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels - image-1
A glass goblet commemorating Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels - image-2
A glass goblet commemorating Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels - image-1A glass goblet commemorating Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels - image-2

Lot 737 Dα

A glass goblet commemorating Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)
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A glass goblet commemorating Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels

Domed base with a foliate rim supporting a baluster shaft of hexagonal section with corresponding pommel. The tapering cup decorated with a large coat of arms surrounded by acanthus scrolls, the reverse with a round cartouche inscribed CCC suspending the Order of the Elephant. H 22.6 cm.
Thuringia, circa 1713.

Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels (1682 - 1736) ruled as of 1712. He received the Danish Order of the Elephant in 1713. The Duke was the owner of one of the most spectacular works of art of the era, namely the famed Weisenfels hunting chalice, which was made by Johann Melchior Dinglinger and his brother and can today be viewed in the Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden (inv. no. IV 72).