July 7, 1824: “Since I sold part of my cog-wheei Service again yester- 
day, 6 1.4-liter cog-wheei carafes, 12 half [cog-wheel carafes], 
24 B 1 / 2 seitl cog-wheel beakers, 12 seitl [cog-wheel beakers], 
24 Maliacka [Malaga] stem giasses, 24 high Champagne seitl ca 
rafes and the other stem giasses are still here; if I couid have just 
the above listed articles as soon as possible; however everything 
in the pattern like that I received in the last service” 
August 14, 1824: “L.s.” [Like the sample] “50 cog-wheel giasses to 
paint,” “6 fiasks with screwtops to paint,” “30 seit! cog-wheel 
giasses like the painted [?] samples,” “6 1 / 2 -seitl cog-wheel ca 
rafes,” “12 carafes with cog-wheel bases,” also a “cog-wheel Ser 
vice for 12 persons, the liqueur giasses somewhat smaller"; 
“a cog-wheel service for 12 persons.” 
Unfortunately none of Josef Lobmeyr's account books for the time af- 
ter 1824 have been preserved, so that we can only assume that the 
cog-wheel service continued to be one of the most successful Serv 
ices of the 19th Century. The existing paper patterns for the “cog- 
wheel service" are kept in a long envelope, labeied on the outside 
(ill. 85) with “Service, crystal with cut cog-wheel and smooth stems” 
and “TS ill” (drinking service III). This refers to a large number of gob- 
lets, bottles, beakers and jugs of various dates. The oidest patterns 
are probably those with no date. Düring the period following the 
middle of the Century, the markings point to two goblets which differ in 
shape from the older ones (the stem is set off from the cup and the 
foot with a diagonal): “JSChG” (= probably J. Schmidt, Goldbrunn 
Glassworks) and the year “56” (=1856). A service number, “TS III” is 
also found on these goblets (ills. 87, 90, p. 44) and on a bottle (ill. 96, 
p. 45). A bottle (ill. 96, p. 45) is labeied with “MN 13/3 852.” This indi- 
cates that right after the tum of the Century, Meyr's Nephews also 
made at least parts of this service. The cog-wheel giasses “with face- 
ted wreath on top," mentioned on January 2, 1824, couid be the type 
of cog-wheei beaker that had a brilliant style cut border in the upper 
area on the sides, as shown in the paper patterns (ills. 66-69, 75, 76, 
78, pp. 40, 41). For their part, these cut-out patterns are stylistically 
related to the designs drawn by J. C. Bauer. 
The “cog-wheel service” appears in an older Version as Service 
no. Ill, parts of which are also contained in Volume I (“drinking Serv 
ices") of the working drawings in the Austrian Museum for Applied 
Arts (WZ I, p. 1). The description for it reads: “Tr. Serv. No. 3 crystal 
glass with prism cut edges. / (probably Bohemian patterns).” The 
drinking service with the number VIII (p. 40 above, ill. 66-69) is de- 
scribed in the working drawings (WZ I, p. 5) as “No. 8/with lightiy bril- 
lianted border.” In the accounts from 1823/24 the “cog-wheel service” 
does not have any numbering. 
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107 Signatur im Boden der Henkelflasche Abb. 108 (B: „J. C. Bauer“ 
107 Signature in the bottom of the bottle with handle ill. 108: “J. C. Bauer” 
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108 Bottle with handle; back of a paper pattern (dessert center piece); 
J. C. Bauer, about 1825-40; total height (with bottom): 25.5 cm; signed: 
“J. C. Bauer” (see ill. 107) 
108 Henkelflasche; Rückseite eines Papierschnittes (Dessertaufsatz), 
J. C. Bauer, um 1825-30; Gesamthöhe (mit Boden): 25.5 cm; sign.: 
„J. C. Bauer“ (vgl. Abb. 107) 
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