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

Rectangular bottle depicting an allegory of the conflict between a soldier's duty, a child's duty, and the love of the heart Rectangular bottle depicting an allegory of the conflict between a soldier’s duty, a child’s duty, and the love of the heart; Nuremberg, probably by Anton Wilhelm Mäuerl or his workshop, circa 1730; colorless glass with ground tears; rectangular body with beveled corners. Very fine allegorical cut decoration on the front: a depiction of a young soldier with a rifle resting at his feet, positioned between a frail elderly woman with a crutch and a walking stick—likely his mother and a symbol of filial duty—and a young woman holding a heart as a symbol of love, surrounded by finely cut rocaille and leaf tendril decoration. On the reverse, as well as on the rounded shoulder, there is rich scroll, flower, and leaf decoration, as well as the initials “JZ.” On the faceted, short neck is a vermeil mount with a cork stopper on a 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 See also: Fischer Catalogue 170, No. 105 See also: Powerhouse Collection Object No. 97/313/1