105. Beau gobelet d'amitié à couvercle en verre gravé et doré, Lauenstein, milieu du XVIIIe siècle A fine Lauenstein gilded and engraved 'Friendship' goblet and cover, mid-18th century The round funnel bowl with a solid beaded base, decorated with the Biblical Kings David and Jonathan shaking hands with one another, both wearing classical Roman attire, reserved with an elaborate rococo scroll cartouche containing, inscribed with an ode to friendship above and another to the reverse, the base of the bowl cut facets and fine flutes, the stem with a teared shoulder knop above a teared baluster cut with all-over facets extending into the high folded domed foot, the domed cover with a band of facets and a tall teared and faceted finial, the rims of the cover and bowl gilt, 30.3cm high (2) Provenance With Uwe Friedleben Kunsthandel, 2 November 1983 Christian von Reitzenstein Collection The inscription above the cartouche reads... 'Hier komt ein Treuer Freund, von arth wie Jonathan/ wilt du sein David sein, so nim den Deckel an' (Here comes a loyal friend, from art like Jonathan, if you want to be his David, take the cover) And to the reverse... 'so sey der Freundschaffts Bund/ mit diesen trunck geschlossen/ Es leben Sie und ich/ nebst allen Bunds Genossen' (So the bond of friendship is closed with this drink. Long live you and I together with all our bonds) For other Lauenstein goblets engraved with David and Jonathan inscribed with similar odes to friendship, see Alheidis von Rohr, Lauensteiner Glas, 1991, p.84, nos.52.1-3.