passglas
Object NamePassglas
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1700-1799
Place MadeGermany
Techniquefree-blown, enameled
SizeOverall H: 32.6 cm; Rim Diam: 8.7 cm; Foot Diam: 13.5 cm
Accession Number57.3.133
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
East Side Winter Antiques Show
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionComparatively heavy clear glass with few bubbles and impurities and slight grey tinge; free-blown and enameled. Slender cylindrical body with high pushed up base having rough pontil mark, and attached to high pedestal foot with underfolded flaring rim; the body is divided into five sections, the lowest one being the largest, each section separated from the other by a double band in red and yellow and accompanied by two white U-shaped lines, white dots mark the joint between foot and body; on the obverse in multicolored enamel a playing card with queen of clubs; the five sections are marked on the reverse from one to five, starting at the top.Provenance
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
