Engraved Glass With Hunting Motifs – Bohemia Or Saxony, Regency Period, Circa 1700–1730

Engraved glasswith hunting scene—Bohemia or Saxony, Regency period, circa 1700–1730
Elegant blown glass with engraved decoration, typical ofCentral European productions of the early 18th century.
The slightly flared glass blank is finely decorated on the wheel with ahunting scene featuring two hunters in period attire, armed with rifles andspears, framing a leaping stag in a landscape.
In the background is a large drive hunt, a motif characteristic ofglassware intended for the nobility or hunting guilds.
An engraved band bears a fragmentary Latin inscription (Vigi-Landum),referring to the theme of vigilance, a leitmotif frequently associated withthe stag in 18th-century hunting iconography.
The stem features a richlyworked molded knot, supporting a slightly flared circular base, typical ofregional Bohemian/Saxon glasses from around 1700–1730.
Attribution: Bohemia or Saxony (CentralEurope), early 18th century.
The engraving style, the fine hatching, the hunting motifs, and the shapeof the glass blank are directly comparable to glasses held in thecollections of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Dresden, or thePassauer Glasmuseum.
Date: Regency period, 1700–1730
Dimensions: Height 21.5 cm; Base diameter 11.2 cm; Cup diameter9.5 cm
Good overall condition; slightsigns of wear consistent with its age.
Translucent glass, no cracks and noimpact damage. No restoration