A FINE GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS ROYAL PORTRAIT GOBLET

A FINE GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS ROYAL PORTRAIT GOBLET, HESSEN (KASSEL), BY ALBERT WIEGEL, DATED 1897the gilt bowl cut in tiefschnitt with portrait of King Albert of Saxony in an oval strapwork frame with the royal cipher SR on a tablet below and flanked by palms, signed frp. Albert Wiegel Cassel 1897, on spiral stem and spreading foot, 28.5cm hProvenance: Given to the father of the present vendor by a German nobleman, c1945.Albert Wiegel (1869-1943), one of the foremost German glass engravers of the 19th century. See the article in Journal of Glass Studies, Corning, 1973.Albert (1828-1902) became King of Saxony in 1873.