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Gobelet André Falquet
The Gobelet André Falquet is a silver-gilt cup with cover made in the 18th century by Hans-Matthias Rehm of Augsburg for the Swiss merchant André Falquet, which is kept in the Maison Tavel (''Musées d'Art et d'Histoire Genève'') in Geneva under inventory number G 834. In French it is a ''gobelet''; the English derivative goblet now implies a cup with a stemware, stem (like most chalices or wineglasses). Description The diameter at the top is 12 centimetres, and the cup stands on three soldered balls that raise the cup by about two centimetres. The outside of the cup is decorated with engravings. These are beautifully drawn and elaborate arabesque ornaments. Three oval medallions show different subjects and are captioned to the story below. Further text and two coats of arms are found on the underside of the cup; they are those of André Falquet and the city of Augsburg. A lid completes the piece. It consists of an undecorated closing rim and a quarter-round decorated rim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The use of vine training systems in viticulture is aimed primarily to assist in Canopy (grape), canopy management with finding the balance in enough foliage to facilitate photosynthesis without excessive shading that could impede Ripeness in viticulture, grape ripening or promote List of grape diseases, grape diseases. Additional benefits of utilizing particular training systems could be to control potential Yield (wine), yields and to facilitate mechanization of certain vineyard tasks such as pruning, Irrigation in viticulture, irrigation, applying pesticide or fertilizing sprays as well as Harvest (wine), harvesting the grapes.J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 134-230, 300-341, 399-413, 551-553, 617-634, 661-692, 706-733 Oxford University Press 2006 In deciding on what type of vine training system to use, growers also consider the Climate categories in viticulture, climate conditions of the vineyard where the amount of sunlight, humidity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
