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MAY 16, 2008

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Reign
decanter (engraved Herend
Rothschild birds)

designer:
Ludwig Lobmeyr

design year:
1870

manufacturer:
Lobmeyr, Austria

materials:
Copper-wheel engraved crystal.

notes:
The birds and insects engraved on this decanter are designs originally created for a hand-painted Herend porcelain service commissioned by the Rothschild family around 1850.

The motifs portray birds playing with a necklace in the branches of a tree, following a 19th century tale of Baroness Rothschild who lost her pearl necklace in the garden of her Vienna residence; later it was discovered by a gardener that some birds had taken the Baroness's jewelry.

dimensions:
10.5" high

price:
$1,580.00