Reichsadlerhumpen

Object NameReichsadler humpen

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1608

Techniqueblown, enameled, gilt

SizeH: 12 1/4", D (base): 5 1/4"

Accession Number62.3.13

Credit LinePurchased with grant from the Beinecke Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

A Decade of Glass Collecting

Place Made

probably Bohemia

Physical DescriptionGreyish-green non-lead glass; blown, enameled, gilt. Tall, straight-sided, cylindrical form, slightly incurved at the top; gilt band below the rim, with blue and white dotted borders and spaced blue dots within; the sides covered with a large crowned two-headed eagle, bearing an orb on its breast; coats of arms arrayed on its wings in several ranks, with inscribed bands at the bottom of the wings to identify the categories; short inscription on the reverse, "das heilige Rommische/Reich undt/ sambt sei/nenn glie/dernn"; trailed foot ring with white dashes; conical bottom with large rough pontil mark; inscribed in white paint on the bottom "17[00]".
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