Anton Simm, monogrammed, Northern Bohemia, Sudetenland, 1830-35, Biedermeier period. Extraordinary museum-quality relief goblet.

Anton Simm, Jablonec Nad Nisou (Gablonz), Northern Bohemia, Sudetenland, 1830-35, Biedermeier period. Extraordinary museum-quality relief goblet, wheel-cut and originally monogrammed "A.S.". Height 17.2 cm, width 9 cm. The goblet depicts 8 allegories of human virtues: Geduld = patience; Eitelkeit = vanity; Liebe = love; Gerecthigkeit = justice; Glaube = faith; Hoffnung = hope; Tapferkeit = courage (the artist placed his signature on this allegory); Sanftmut = gentleness. Anton Simm, born on June 3, 1799, in Jablonec nad Nisou, a charming town in Northern Bohemia, in the heart of the Giant Mountains region where the most beautiful Bohemian-German works of the Biedermeier period were created, was one of the greatest sculpted-glass artists who ever lived. He was introduced to this art by his father, another great grinder, Wenzel Simm. He directed a prestigious manufactory where works with religious motifs, hunting scenes, plants, and animals, and rarely allegories, were ground. Goblets ground with allegorical scenes that have come down to us are extremely rare and small in size. No goblet other than the one we are proposing, signed in original by the artist's hand and depicting allegories of this size, is known in the world. This work, in perfect condition, is 17.2 cm high and 9 cm wide. The artist died in Jablonec nad Nisou on March 17, 1873. His original signed works that have come down to us are extremely rare. In addition to the one we are proposing, probably the most beautiful, few others are known, mostly kept in public museums (Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Applied Arts Prague, Liechtenstein Museum Vienna). Literature: Pasaurek - Philippovitvich, Glaeser der Empire und Biedermeierzeit, pages 79-85; Paul von Lichtemberg, Glasgravuren des Biedermeier, pages 293-295. Glanz und Farbe, Liechtenstein Museum Vienna, pages 85-86. Light and Color, Rudolf von Strasser pages 517-518. Work not present in our office, visible by appointment with reasonable notice / private negotiation. In accordance with the provisions of the New Code of Cultural Heritage, the selling company provides, at the time of sale, a detailed written photographic guarantee of originality and provenance of the works sold. The data with which the works are described and then contained in the written guarantees are expressed determinations resulting from careful and documented technical/historical/artistic investigations, even of expert assessment.