Lot 61
A LOBMEYR ENAMELLED GLASS EWER FROM THE 'AL-HAMBRA' SERIES
AUSTRIA, VIENNA, DESIGNED BY SCHMORANZ AND KNAAB, CIRCA 1888
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
of pear-shape on a flaring foot with elegant ‘s’-shaped handle, with small domic-shaped stopper, the clear transparent glass decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with a wide register around the body containing two tall white birds alternating with floral sprays, within an upper band of of repeat intertwining split-palmettes, further intertwining floral bands to base and stopper, enamelled white monogram on underside of foot
Dimensions
18.5cm high
Footnote
This Lobmeyr ewer is from the Al-Hambra series, designed by Schmoranz and Kanaan in 1888. Their inspiration came from the large and well-known 'Jarra' in the Al-Hambra palace, which is decorated with wide friezes comprising tall animals against a delicate vegetal design.
For a similar ewer from the Al-Hambra series by Lobmeyr from the MAC collection, see U. Scholda, J. & L. Lobmeyr: Between Tradition and Innovation: Glassware from the MAK-Collection, 19th Century, Vienna, 2006, no. 43A, and for an almost identical one albeit slightly larger example but without its stopper, sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 6 October 2011, lot 471.