Glass Carafe, Holy Roman Empire, Coat Of Arms, 18th Century

Blown glass decanter with pontil mark and gilt stopper. The body of the decanter bears the coat of arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen. This type of decanter was the prerogative of the great families of the Holy Roman Empire in the 18th century. Similar examples: 1/ A pair of similar decanters bearing the arms of Francis I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765). They are in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris: gift of Dr. Guède, 1905, inv. 12035 B2/ A pair of decanters bearing the coat of arms of the Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen were offered for sale as lot number 514 at Kinsky Auktionshaus on April 10, 2019, attributed to the Lauenstein factory around 1770. Another decanter bearing the coat of arms of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693-1747), attributed to the Potsdam factory, was offered for sale at Viebahn Fine Arts.