182 - Rectangular bottle with allegory of the conflict between soldier's duty, child's duty and love of the heart

Rectangular bottle with allegory of the conflict between soldier's duty, child's duty and love of the heart Rectangular bottle with allegory of the conflict between soldier's duty, child's duty and heart's love Nuremberg, probably Anton Wilhelm Mäuerl or workshop, around 1730 Colourless glass with ground tears. Rectangular wall with bevelled corners. Very fine allegorical cut decoration at the front: depiction of a young soldier with a rifle set at the foot between a frail elderly woman with crutch and walking stick, probably his mother and symbol of filial duty, and a young woman with a heart as an attribute of love, surrounded by finely cut rocaille and leaf tendril decoration. On the reverse as well as on the rounded shoulder rich scroll, flower and leaf decoration as well as initials ''JZ''. On the faceted, short neck vermeil mount with cork stopper on chain. h. 21 cm Cf. Lit.: European Glass, Olga Drahotova, p. 118 No. 83 Cf. Lit.: Glass 17th Century to 1940, Walter Spiegl, p. 114, No. 153 Cf.: Fischer Catalogue 170, No. 105 Cf.: Powerhouse Collection Object No. 97/313/1