North Bohemia, Giant Mountains, around 1820-30. Very rare or unique glass wheel-cut goblet by Hieronimus Hackel, "Master of the Rising Sun."

North Bohemia, Giant Mountains, around 1820-30, Novy Bor (then Haida) or Cilli (Celje, present-day Slovenia), Empire or early Biedermeier period. Very rare or unique glass wheel-cut goblet by Hieronimus Hackel, "Meister der aufgehende Sonne" = the master of the rising sun - see also in our goblet the rays of the rising sun behind the figures (a symbology that the author used almost as a "signature", hence his nickname). Splendid goblet with the artist's typical iconography. Sweet bucolic scene on one side; hunting scene on the other with a neoclassical detail in the stele with a clear Empire taste. Monogrammed A F (commissioner's and/or recipient's initials). A work of museum importance also for the delicacy and richness of the grinding. The union of the two themes (pastoral and hunting), recurrent for the artist but normally in monothematic goblets, is rare and interesting for this author. In perfect condition. Slight patina on the base corresponding to antiquity. Height cm.10.7 max. width 7.4 P.S. A very similar work at the Bremen Museum, inv.68.317. A Hackel goblet ground with the same scene, slightly different in shape, without upper border and different monogram, was exhibited at the 2009 international exhibition held at the Lichtenstein Museum in Vienna "Glanz und Farbe" (inv.8.30 page 78 of the catalog). Hieronimus Hackel was one of the best glass engravers of the 19th century. He was born near Mestersdorf in northern Bohemia in 1784, a region in which he worked in the town of Novy Bor. He died in Celje, Slovenia in 1845. He was nicknamed "the master of the rising sun" for his particular ability to reproduce the rising dawn. Through the examination of the documentation kept at the National Archives of Prague, it was discovered that on October 26, 1808, five master glass cutters were granted imperial permission to move from the Bohemian governorship to the Styrian governorship, more precisely to the city of Celje (now in Slovenia). The five masters, including Hackel and Anton Grossmann, worked between 1810 and 1823 at the Rakovec glass factory near Vitanje, in Celje. This document shows that Hackel operated not only in Bohemia, but also in present-day Slovenia as early as 1810. Hackel carved the semi-finished products supplied by the local glass factories. His works are kept in major museums around the world or in rare prestigious private collections. (Victoria and Albert Museum in London; Museum of Applied Arts in Prague, Museum of Art History in Bremen, Museum of Art History in Vienna, Glass Museum in Passau (Germany), Corning Museum of Glass (U.S.A.), Metropolitan Museum, National Museum of Celje, Slovenia, Glass Museum in Kamenicky Senov - Steinschonau, North Bohemia). . Literature: Hieronimus Hackel, "Meister der aufgehende Sonne" Paul Von Liechtenberg, catalog, international exhibition at the Celjie museum, Slovenia (see goblets pages 75- 79 - 93 - 111). Das Boemische Glas Band II. Passauer Glasmuseum. Brosova Buqouy, Spiegl. Gustav Pazaurek-Eugen von Philippovich, Glaeser der Empir und Biedermeierzeit, Klinkhardt Braunscheig . Pezatova Zuzana; Broch Jndrich Title: Bohemian Engraved Glass. Feltham, Hamlyn, 1968 In accordance with the provisions of the New Code of Cultural Heritage, the selling company provides, simultaneously with the sale, a detailed written photographic guarantee of the originality and provenance of the works sold. The data with which the works are described and then contained in the written guarantees are express determinations resulting from accurate, in-depth and documented technical/historical/artistic investigations.