Crystal arrow White glass beaker, Central Europe, Carlos III, 1759-1788
Glass beaker, Central Europe, Carlos IV, 1789-1808 Vazquez Úbeda, Carlos - "Dama tocando el piano"

White glass beaker, Central Europe, Carlos III, 1759-1788

Opaque white blown glass painted with polychrome enamels. Height: 14,5 cm. Rim diameter: 11,8 cm. Base diameter: 8 cm. Inscribed “VIVA CARLOS III / REY DE ESPAÑA”, (verso, black enamel).
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Comparative literature:

• Paloma Pastor, “La Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja. Historia. Repertorios decorativos y tipologías formales”, 1998. P. 94, fig. 47.

• Charleston, “The History of Glass”, Orbis, London, 1984. P. 166.

• “Reales Fábricas”, Caja de Madrid, 1995. P. 41, figs. 22 and 23.

• Olga Mijailova, “Spanish glass in the Hermitage”, 1974. Nº 143-144.

See also more examples in the Museo de Arte Colonial de Caracas (http://www.quintadeanauco.org.ve/piezames.htm) and Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, de San Ildefonso.